West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Understanding the outcome information
Understanding the data can be a difficult task if you are not sure what you are looking for. These helpful guides and video will show how to pick out various information:
Interactive Guide
Video Guide
Please interact with the diagram below to understand the data in the graph.
Click on markers to understand their significance
Dots
The dots show the result for an individual NHS Trust or surgeon.
- Orange dots indicate the outcome for this Trust and surgeons working at the Trust.
- Blue dots indicate the outcomes for all other Trust and surgeons
Horizontal Axis
The horizontal axis (x axis) is the number of operations (volume) performed at a Trust or by a surgeon. Dots to the right of the funnel plot indicate more procedures performed.
Vertical Axis
Vertical axis (y axis) is the adjusted 90-day postoperative mortality (%) OR adjusted 30 day unplanned readmission rate. Dots higher up the funnel plot indicate a higher mortality rate.
Watford General Hospital, Hemel Hempstead Hospital, and St Alban's City Hospital
| Trust rate of major resection |
87% |
| Trust case ascertainment |
101% |
| Trust length of stay (over 5 days) |
45% |
| Proportion of colonic resections with ≥12 lymph nodes reported |
91% |
| Reported negative circumferential rectal resection margin rate |
97% |
| Number of major rectal resections performed at Trust |
37 |
| Proportion of rectal resections with complete CRM data |
100% |
Outcome data for the following surgeon(s) include patients who underwent surgery in other Trusts: James Hollingshead. Outcome data for the following surgeons include patients who underwent surgery in the independent sector: James Arbuckle, Atif Alvi, Alla Amin. No cases were entered into the Audit during the year 2018-2019 for the following surgeon(s): Alla Amin
Mortality by trust
Readmission by trust
Mortality by surgeon
| Name |
GMC Code |
Procedures |
Deaths |
Adj. 90-day mortality rate |
ACPGBI Member |
| Drostan Cheetham |
4110808 |
186 |
5 |
3% |
No |
| Atif Alvi |
4688099 |
151 |
2 |
1.3% |
Yes |
| James Arbuckle |
4127266 |
131 |
3 |
2.5% |
Yes |
| Alla Amin |
4002752 |
75 |
3 |
4% |
No |
| James Hollingshead |
6054562 |
61 |
1 |
2.5% |
Yes |