The Whittington Health NHS Trust

Specialist MDT: University College London 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 general anaesthetic
    • Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy
    • Isotope bone scan
    • One-stop diagnostic clinic
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • Chemotherapy
    • Joint specialist MDT clinic
  • Support Service Facilities:
    • Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in all clinics
    • Prostate cancer-specific CNSs
    • Advanced PCa CNS
    • Urology CNS

Data Quality

Diagnosing Trust Specialist MDT
No. of Cancer Registry records 65 653
Performance Status recorded 2% 6%
PSA completed 88% 10%
Gleason Score completed N/A N/A
TNM completed 37% 56%
Stage variable assigned 85% 67%

Disease Presentation

Specialist MDT National
No. of men with disease status determined 438 23477
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 5% 17%
No. of men diagnosed with M1 (metastases) 21 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