The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Specialist MDT: The Princess Alexandra Hospital 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
    • Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy
    • Choline PET
    • PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) PET scan
    • Isotope bone scan
    • One-stop diagnostic clinic
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • 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
    • Genetic counselling

Data Quality

Diagnosing Trust Specialist MDT
No. of Cancer Registry records 220 360
Performance Status recorded 85% 64%
PSA completed 3% 8%
Gleason Score completed N/A N/A
TNM completed 39% 34%
Stage variable assigned 45% 46%

Disease Presentation

Specialist MDT National
No. of men with disease status determined 166 23477
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 15% 17%
No. of men diagnosed with M1 (metastases) 25 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