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

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 748 1457
Performance Status recorded 61% 44%
PSA completed 76% 75%
Gleason Score completed 79% 78%
TNM completed 67% 65%

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 695 39897
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 15% 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 111 4684
Percentage of men with low-risk localised disease receiving radical treatment 10% 8%
No. of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease 265 15410
Percentage of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease receiving radical treatment 68% 68%

Outcome

Treatment Centre
No. of men who received radical radiotherapy () 307
Adjusted percentage of men experiencing at least one GI complication (%) 14%

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