East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist MDT: Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NB Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust and Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust have merged to form East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation 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
    • Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy
    • Choline PET
    • Whole body MRI
    • Isotope bone scan
    • One-stop diagnostic clinic
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • External beam radiotherapy (EBRT)
    • Chemotherapy
    • Joint specialist MDT clinic
  • Support Service Facilities:
    • Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in all clinics
    • Prostate cancer-specific CNSs
    • Advanced PCa CNS
    • Urology CNS
    • Sexual function services
    • Specialist continence services
    • Psychological counselling
    • Onco-geriatric service

Data Quality

Diagnosing Trust Specialist MDT
No. of Cancer Registry records 547 1132
Performance Status recorded 38% 27%
PSA completed 57% 61%
Gleason Score completed N/A N/A
TNM completed 8% 21%
Stage variable assigned 15% 34%

Disease Presentation

Specialist MDT National
No. of men with disease status determined 80 23477
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 6% 17%
No. of men diagnosed with M1 (metastases) 5 N/A

Management

These indicators could not be reported this year for England as we were unable to assign a patient to a particular risk group due to the unavailability of information on Gleason score in the Rapid Cancer Registration Dataset

Outcome

Treatment Centre
No. of men who received radical radiotherapy () 404
Adjusted percentage of men experiencing at least one GI complication (%) 10%

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