Peter King BSc Hons Southend Hospital NHS Trust

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The LUCADA Experience
South Essex Cancer Network
Peter King BSc (Hons) Southend Hospital
NHS Trust
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Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust
Southend Hospital NHS Trust
Population Base 750,000 Lung Cancers Diagnosed
per Year 430 Southend Hospital Cancer
Treatment Centre Cardiothoracic Surgery Barts
and the London
Network Information
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Links to Cancer Waiting Times data (started
2002) Cancer Database available at both
sites (Introduced November 2003) Direct data
input into LUCADA database
Data Collection Methodologies
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Consultant Chest Physicians Dr. C.D. Eraut, Dr.
A.G. Davison Dr. S.O. Ansari, Dr. K.G. Lingam
Registrars Dr. B. Gooptu, Dr. M. Ali, Dr. J. Quint
Staff Grade Dr. B. Bekas
Clinical Nurse Specialist Johanna Phelps, Jolly
Barber
Systems Manager Peter King
MDT Co-Ordinator Carol Darbourn
The Southend Team
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PAS
All patient demographics Dates of
referral Dates of clinics Dates of treatment
attendances NHS National Strategic Tracing
Service

Patient Demographics, Referral Data
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Results Reporting Service
MDT Proforma
Diagnostic Information
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T N M
Tumour Nodes Metastasis
Relies on Consultants!!
Staging
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Usually documented in notes when patient 1st seen
Co-Morbidity
Relies on clinicians to write it down Can be
difficult to find for inpatients
FEV1
Performance Status
Co-Morbidity / Performance Status / FEV1
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Surgery We have to chase Barts for this
info! Chemotherapy On PAS Radiotherapy On
PAS Palliative Care Decided at MDT Active
Supportive Care Decided at MDT
Treatment
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Decided by Oncologist in Clinic so can be
difficult to collect!
Clinical Trials
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Death Details
Entered onto PAS by Information Team
Death certificates / PMs sent for Ca Lung
Patients
Outcomes
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Good Practice!
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Telemedicine
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MDT Pro-Forma
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Green Cards
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Network Database
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Useful / meaningful dataset to collect Service
improvements Relies on clinicians to fill in the
clinical details Difficult to find information in
notes / difficult to get notes Resource
requirements
Summary
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Peter King BSc (Hons) Southend Hospital
NHS Trust