Systemic Anti Cancer Therapy (SACT) Monthly Update June 2015

Volume of SACT data submitted

Volumes of data received April 14 to March 15 May 14 to April 15 Patients Receiving Drug Treatments 165, ,921 Regimens Commenced283, ,435 Cycles Commenced805, Number of Drug records2,078,240 2,022,685

Source: SACT dataset; retrieved 5 th April 2015 How good is the SACT data for England? Outcome data is improving however still poses a big challenge CIU will focus data quality efforts on fields highlighted

Regimen Mapping Update The New batch of regimens was released on 15 th May 2015

Key Output Priorities for day post chemotherapy mortality reporting by provider; Mortality outcomes for high cost drugs; Data ascertainment; Geographical Analysis.

Operational /Helpdesk Update Regimen mapping remains high priority, now pushing for 30th June deadline Data Liaison officer has started to visit Trusts and compile individual data profiles Dataset items review, recommendations paper in progress

Analysis Update Deaths within 30 days of chemotherapy - report being prepared for Summer 2015 release Ascertainment report due for release soon - comparison of SACT vs Cancer Waits data Assessing issues with paediatric and teenage/young adults data - poster presented at NCIN conference

Development Update 1.Speeding up of Approval Screen 2. Making Regimen lookups available to Colin/Christine 3. Data Validation –Cycles / dates 4. Record removal GST

SACT User group update Meeting was held on 13 th May 2015 in London Victoria Software supplier meeting request moved up in priority  Specific focus on routine collection of outcomes New Action log unveiled and will form part of future discussions/ actions Request for future mortality reports to be made available to Trusts prior to public launch New user group forum to be set up & tested Best practice - Internal Trust SACT newsletter made available to group

Team News… CIU attended NCIN cancer outcomes conference in Ireland in June. SACT held a session on the first day in the Dublin rooms Speakers included Dr. Jem Rashbass, Prof. David Dodwell and Mike Wallington Our New data liaison officers has started to make Trust visits and build individual Trust profiles

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