Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist MDT: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NB On 1 October 2019, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals and Aintree University Hospital merged to become Liverpool University Hospitals 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
    • PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) PET scan
    • Whole body MRI
    • Isotope bone scan
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • Radical prostatectomy
    • Robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
    • External beam radiotherapy (EBRT)
    • Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
    • HIFU
    • 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
    • Genetic counselling

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 400 833
Performance Status recorded 92% 83%
PSA completed 83% 85%
Gleason Score completed 76% 77%
TNM completed 85% 81%

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 785 39897
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 18% 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 61 4684
Percentage of men with low-risk localised disease receiving radical treatment 6% 8%
No. of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease 369 15410
Percentage of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease receiving radical treatment 64% 68%

Outcome

Treatment Centre
No. of men who received radical prostatectomy (April 2022- March 2023) 161
Adjusted percentage of men who had an emergency readmission within 90 days of radical prostatectomy (%) 11%
No. of men who received radical prostatectomy (September 2020 - August 2021) 98
Adjusted percentage of men experiencing at least one GU complication (%) 4%

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