Authors: J A Cornish H S Tilney E Tan M R Thompson J J Smith P P Tekkis
Publish Date: 2011/02/02
Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-59
Abstract
The National Bowel Cancer Audit Project NBOCAP collects data from hospitals in the UK and aims to improve surgical outcomes and quality of care for patients The aims of this study were to understand why trusts were/were not participating in the NBOCAP and how to improve the quality of data collected and feedbackOf the 171 trusts contacted by email 66 of trusts n = 117 had at least 1 consultant respond Of the 117 trusts that responded 60 512 had submitted data to the NBOCAP A total of 549 consultants received the questionnaire and 159 290 consultants responded Fiftyone per cent n = 60 of the trusts had submitted data to the NBOCAP Reasons for data submission included the following comparison of a units’ data with national data 568 a national audit improves outcomes 459 and generation of information for use at a local level 426 The main reasons for nonsubmission were as follows lack of technical support 236 lack of funding 196 and lack of dedicated audit time 189 Ninetysix 604 consultants felt that the audit report should identify individual trust results Fiftythree per cent of consultants n = 87 rated their trusts’ resources for audit as being very poor or poorConsultant members of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland ACPGBI within hospital trusts in the UK feel participation in the National Bowel Cancer Audit improves patients’ quality of care and surgical outcomes Increased awareness of the benefits of the NBOCAP and improved allocation of resources from hospital trusts could improve participation
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