East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Specialist MDT: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

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Men diagnosed at this hospital trust can access the following services:

  • Diagnostic Facilities:
    • Multiparametric MRI
    • Transperineal biopsy under local anaesthetic
    • Transperineal biopsy under general anaesthetic
    • Choline PET
    • PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) PET scan
    • Whole body MRI
    • Isotope bone scan
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • Radical prostatectomy
    • Robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
    • Low-dose rate brachytherapy
    • High-dose rate brachytherapy
    • Chemotherapy
    • Joint specialist MDT clinic
  • Support Service Facilities:
    • Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in all clinics
    • Advanced PCa CNS
    • Urology CNS
    • Sexual function services
    • Specialist continence services
    • Psychological counselling
    • Genetic counselling
    • Onco-geriatric service

Data Quality

For Wales, this data completeness relates to patients diagnosed between April 2022 and March 2023.
For England, this data completeness relates to patients diagnosed in 2021. This is the data completeness of the National Cancer Registration Dataset (NCRD). For data completeness of the Rapid Cancer Registration Dataset (RCRD), please refer to the NPCA quarterly reports.

Diagnosing Trust Specialist MDT
No. of Cancer Registry records 391 1272
Performance Status recorded 63% 73%
PSA completed 83% 75%
Gleason Score completed 79% 81%
TNM completed 83% 77%

Disease Presentation

For Wales, these results relate to patients diagnosed between April 2022 and March 2023.
For England, these results relate to patients diagnosed between January and December 2021.

Specialist MDT National
No. of men with disease status determined 1125 39897
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 15% 17%

Management

For Wales, these results relate to patients diagnosed between April 2022 and March 2023.
For England, these results relate to patients diagnosed between January and December 2021.

Specialist MDT National
No. of men diagnosed with low-risk localised disease 207 4684
Percentage of men with low-risk localised disease receiving radical treatment 21% 8%
No. of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease 389 15410
Percentage of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease receiving radical treatment 73% 68%

Outcome

Treatment Centre
No. of men who received radical prostatectomy (April 2022- March 2023) 204
Adjusted percentage of men who had an emergency readmission within 90 days of radical prostatectomy (%) 5%
No. of men who received radical prostatectomy (September 2020 - August 2021) 137
Adjusted percentage of men experiencing at least one GU complication (%) 12%
No. of men who received radical radiotherapy (September 2020 - August 2021) 430
Adjusted percentage of men experiencing at least one GI complication (%) 11%

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