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RESULTS OF UPPER GI MDT QUESTIONNAIRE Bill Allum National Clinical Lead for Upper GI Cancer Services Collaborative 'Improvement Partnership' CSIP AIMS • > 50% Patients discussed at MDT • Weekly meetings • Relationship between Unit and Centre • Peer Review Standards RESPONSES • Big thank you to all those Networks who completed questionnaires • 20 Networks responded • 18 Networks completed the questionnaire 17 Networks have a Centre MDT Frequency of meetings 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 14 3 1 Weekly Fortnightly Currently planned RESULTS • 14 MDT centres cover oesophago-gastric and pancreatic cancers • 11 MDT centres have designated administrative support • 17 Cancer units have a diagnostic MDT Diagnostic MDT Frequency of meetings 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 14 4 Weekly Fortnightly % of Unit cancer patients discussed at MDM 4 4 4 3 All >75% >50% <50% RESULTS Patients referred from Unit to Centre • 11% referred using a proforma • 44% referred via the telephone • 55% presented at MDM • 38% referred via other methods including letters, faxes and electronic instructions RESULTS Treatment Decisions • 14 Networks record treatment decisions in patients notes from which: • 30% - Doctors relayed treatment decisions to patients • 23% - Treatment decisions given at next clinic • 46% - CNS advises patients • With 30% of Networks use a combination of the above three