Liver services clinical quality indicators
The clinical quality indicators for liver services are:
Hepatitis C
This is the clinical quality indicator for Sustained Viral Response Rate (SVRR) is the proportion of patients being treated for Hepatitis C infection in whom virus cannot be detected, six months after completing treatment.
Rationale
The Sustained Virological Response Rate (SVRR) is an indicator of the effectiveness of our treatment regimes for Hepatitis C. People achieving SVRR have extremely low rates of relapse, and a reduced risk of developing cirrhosis or hepatocellular cancer. 25% show an improvement in liver fibrosis.
Comment on current objectives
Expected in Summer 2014.
Liver graft survival
This is the clinical quality indicator for the proportion of patients whose liver graft continues to function at one year after liver transplantation.
Rationale
Graft survival is monitored by UK Transplant as part of the UK liver transplantation programme and therefore allows comparison between units. One year graft survival is an indicator of the effectiveness of multi-disciplinary treatment.
Our objectives
We aim to achieve one year graft survival above the national average.
Comment on current performance
Expected shortly
Pancreatic cancer surgery survival
The proportion of patients alive, at one year, following surgical resection of pancreatic cancer. Higher is better.
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Rationale
Survival at one year is an indicator of the effectiveness of multi-disciplinary care.
Our objectives
We aim to improve survival year-on-year.
Comment on current performance
The improvement in one year survival after pancreatic cancer surgery has been sustained.