Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist MDT: Newcastle upon Tyne 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
    • Whole body MRI
    • Isotope bone scan
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • Chemotherapy
  • 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

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 360 1132
Performance Status recorded 77% 75%
PSA completed 79% 54%
Gleason Score completed 71% 73%
TNM completed 76% 67%

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 986 39897
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 24% 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 121 4684
Percentage of men with low-risk localised disease receiving radical treatment 5% 8%
No. of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease 376 15410
Percentage of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease receiving radical treatment 67% 68%