1. Adult IBD Services in the UK
Comparison of
(Your Site Name) results against the National Results for the Organisation of
Adult IBD Services in the UK
UK IBD Audit 3rd Round
Name of presenter
Date of presentation

2. The Organisational Audit Dataset was agreed by the UK IBD Audit Steering Group in line with the IBD Standards launched in February 2009

3. Participation in the 3rd round
202 Sites across the UK entered complete data
174 single hospital sites
27 Trust-wide sites combining 2 hospitals as a single IBD Service (as was the case at North Bristol)
1 Trust-wide site combining 3 hospitals as a single service
England 162 sites
Jersey 1 site
Northern Ireland 11 sites
Scotland 13
Wales 15

4. Publication of results
Data was entered by sites onto a password protected audit web tool under the direction of a designated site lead, in almost every case a Consultant Gastroenterologist Data entered between 1st September and 31st October 2010 The results provide contemporary UK-wide data and all participating sites have received site-specific reports which will included local data for comparison against national averages The full National Report was launched on 24th May following World IBD Day as part of Crohn’s and Colitis Month

5. Key Findings and recommendations
The 3rd round organisational audit report key findings and recommendations were presented against the 6 core areas (A to F) of the National Service Standards for the healthcare of people who have inflammatory bowel disease.

6. General Hospital Demographics & Inpatient Activity
Key findings: • The number of admissions for both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease has remained stable • The median number of operations performed per site for both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease has significantly reduced over 3 rounds of audit (for ulcerative colitis a median of 11 in 2006, 10 in 2008 and 8 in 2010 and for Crohn’s disease a median of 17 in 2006, 13 in 2008 and 12 in 2010) • Patients aged 16 and under are admitted to adult services widely but in small numbers. Age specific services for these patients are substandard • Although the use of IT has widely increased many sites do not know how many patients they treat, with 85% of sites indicating that they had to estimate this figure Key recommendations: • All adult sites that admit patients aged 16 and under should review their service and ensure that age appropriate services are available for these patients as a matter of urgency • The appropriate level of service provision depends on the number of patients being seen with accurate data being key to any application for increased resources. An IBD database should include a list of all individuals being treated by the service

7. Key results Inpatient Activity - Admissions UK 2010 Your Site
(patients 17 and over at the date of admission between 1st September 2009 and 31st August 2010)
Your Site
No. of admissions with a primary diagnosis of UC
Median: 47
IQR (24:86) XX
No. of admissions with a primary diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease
Median: 63
IQR (33:109)

8. Key Results Inpatient Activity - Surgery UK 2010 Your Site
(patients 17 and over at the date of admission between 1st September 2009 and 31st August 2010)
Your Site
No. of admissions with a primary diagnosis of UC where the patient had an operation
Median: 8
IQR (3:18) XX
No. of admissions with a primary diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease where the patient had an operation
Median: 12
IQR (6:25)
Across all three rounds of the UK IBD Audit (2006, 2008, 2010), results for the above 2 questions have shown a significant decrease with P values of < and <0.015 respectively

9. Standard A – High Quality Clinical Care High quality, safe and integrated clinical care for IBD patients, based on multi‐disciplinary team working and effective collaboration across NHS organisational structures and boundaries.
Key findings:
There has been a steady improvement in the provision of IBD nurses but most sites remain below levels set out in the national standards of 1.5 WTE IBD nurses per population
Three quarters of services have a named clinical lead with relatively good support from services such as radiology and pathology
A named pharmacist with an interest in IBD is a part of the IBD team in less than 50% of sites with only 9% of IBD meetings having regular pharmacy input
Defined access to psychologists and counsellors with an interest in IBD is only available in 24% and 9% of sites respectively
Multidisciplinary team meeting take place in three quarters of sites
Access to dietetic services as reported by sites appears very good in contrast to the clinical audit data from round 2 which showed that few inpatients received any dietetic input
Pouch surgery continues to be performed in 80% of sites with a median number of only 3 per year
There has been a notable increase in dedicated GI wards, now present in 90% of sites
On average there are 4 beds per toilet with 24% being mixed sex. This is below the minimum standard of 1 toilet per 3 beds
A high level of service is provided for diagnostic services
80% of sites have facilities for an annual patient review with most sites using traditional clinic based models of care
Key recommendations:
Sites should work to establish an identifiable IBD team with a named clinical lead
Clinical pharmacy support for the IBD team should be strengthened given the high cost and complexity of the drug regimes that are often used
Colorectal surgeons should be encouraged to enter the data on pouch operations onto the ACPGBI Ileal Pouch Registry:
Sites should work to engage psychology and counselling services.
IBD Team meetings and multidisciplinary working should remain a focus of the IBD team in the face of opposing pressures
Any opportunity to improve the bed to toilet ratio should be grasped and IBD teams should seek to create solutions within a defined timescale.

10. Key Results Standard A1 – The IBD Team 2010 Your Site
Number of WTE IBD Nurses on site
Median: 1 WTE
IQR (0:1)
XX WTE
Number of sites with at least 1 WTE IBD Nurse provision on site
Yes = 21% (43/202)
Yes/No
How many dieticians are allocated to gastroenterology?
Median: 0.5 WTE
Across all three rounds of the UK IBD Audit (2006, 2008, 2010), the number of sites reporting some (= greater than 0) IBD Nurse provision has shown a significant improvement (P value: <0.015) In 2010 this was the case in 72% of sites (145/202)

11. Key Results Standard A1 – The IBD Team 2010 Your Site (202 sites)
Does you service have a named clinical lead?
Yes = 76%
(154/202) In 99% of which the lead is a Consultant Gastroenterologist
Yes/No
Lead is:
Is there a named Histopathologist with an interest in gastroenterology attached to the IBD team?
Yes = 65% (131/202)
Is there a named Radiologist with an interest in gastroenterology attached to the IBD team?
Yes = 74% (150/202)
Is there a named Pharmacist with an interest in gastroenterology attached to the IBD team?
Yes = 47% (94/202)

12. Key Results UK 2010 (202 sites) Your Site
Standard A2 – Essential Support Services
% Sites with defined access to the following personnel with an interest in IBD
UK 2010 (202 sites)
Your Site
Psychologist
24% (49) 
Yes/No
Counsellor
9% (18)
Rheumatologist
56% (114)
Ophthalmologist
23%(46)
Obstetrician
27% (55)
A GP working with the IBD team providing input into outpatients clinics
7% (15)
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in gastroenterology
Combination of a Consultant Paediatrician plus an adult Consultant Gastroenterologist with an interest in adolescents
31% (62)
35% (70)
28% (56)

13. Key Results UK 2010 Your Site
Standard A3 – Multidisciplinary Team Working
UK 2010
Your Site
Sites that have regular timetabled meetings to discuss IBD patients
75% (152/202)
47% of which take place on a weekly basis
Yes/No
If yes how often:
Do Gastroenterologists and Colorectal Surgeons both regularly attend the IBD Team Meetings
89% (136/152)
Sites holding joint or parallel gastroenterology/colorectal clinics
56% (114/202)

14. Key Results UK 2010 Your Site
Standard A4 – Referral of Suspected IBD Patients
UK 2010
(202 sites)
Your Site
Waiting time for an urgent IBD Clinic appointment (days)
Median: 7 days
IQR (5:14)
XX days
Waiting time for a routine IBD Clinic appointment (days)
Median: 42 days
IQR (28:65)
What proportion of patients are referred urgently?
Median: 20% (10:30) from 36 sites
82% (166) of sites answered don’t know and 77% sites (155) had never done an internal audit of the time from referral to being seen?
XX% or Don’t know
Within the past 12 months/More than 12 months ago/Never

15. Key Results UK 2010 Your Site
Standard A5 – Access to nutritional support and therapy
UK 2010
Your Site
Is there a hospital multidisciplinary nutrition team?
Yes = 72% (146/175)
Yes/No
Do IBD patients have access to a dietician for general Dietary Advice?
97% (196/202)
Do IBD patients have access to a dietician for nutritional Support
99% (201/202)
Sites that can refer patients with Crohn’s Disease to the dietician for exclusive liquid enteral nutritional therapy as primary treatment
98% (198/202)

16. Key Results 2010 UK (202 sites) Your Site
Standard A6 - Arrangements for the use of immunosuppressive and biological therapies
2010
UK (202 sites) Your Site
Which of the following activities is the pharmacist involved in?
Inpatient drug reviews
Outpatient clinic
Consultant ward rounds
MDT Meetings
Immunosuppressant clinic
Applications for high cost medications
90%
10%
33%
12% 9%
74%
Yes/No
How is established immunosuppressive therapy monitored?
By the GP
By a dedicated monitoring service
During clinic visits
A combination of Primary and Secondary care monitoring
34%
26%
48%
76%

17. Key Results UK 2010 Your Site Standard A7 – Surgery for IBD
Do surgeons perform ileo-anal pouch surgery on site?
Yes = 79% (159/202)
Yes/No
How many ileo-anal pouch operations were performed during 12 months?
(between 1st September 2009 and 31st August 2010)
Median: 3 (1:6) XX

18. Key Results UK 2010 Your Site Standard A8 – Inpatient Facilities
Is there a designated gastroenterology ward on site?
Yes = 89% (180/202)
Yes/No
How many beds per toilet on the ward?
Median: 4 (3:6) XX
Across all 3 of the UK IBD Audit (2006, 2008 and 2010) rounds, the number of sites reporting a dedicated gastroenterology ward on site has shown a significant improvement
/116 (67.2%) /116 (81.9%) /116 (93.1%) p value <0.001
24% toilets on the gastro ward still mixed-sex in 2010

19. Key Results UK 2010 Standard A10 – Inpatient Care Your Site
(202 sites)
Your Site
Do arrangements exist for admitting existing IBD patients direct to the specialist gastroenterology ward or area?
Yes = 74% (149/202)
Yes/No
Are patients admitted with known or suspected IBD discussed with a Consultant Gastroenterologist and/or Colorectal Surgeon within 24 hours of admission?
Yes = 85% (171/202)
Does your Trust have guidelines for the management of Acute Severe Colitis?
Yes = 79% (159/2020)

20. Key Results Standard A11 – Outpatient Care UK 2010 Your Site
Does your site have formal arrangements for Annual Review?
Yes = 78%
(157/202)
Yes/No
If yes how is this carried out?
Community clinic
Telephone clinic
Hospital review
review
Postal review 4%
32%
98% 6% 2%

21. Key Results
Standard A12 – Arrangements for the Care of Children & Young People who have IBD
UK 2010
(202 sites)
Your Site
Does your IBD Service look after any patients aged 16 and under?
Yes = 39% (78/202)
Yes/No
Does your unit have a specific paediatric to adult transition policy?
Yes = 36% (73/202)
With regards to the transition policy, 36/78 (46%) sites who said yes to A12.1 said they had a specific transition policy. This compares with 37/124 who said no to A12.1 who said they had a transition policy.

22. Standard B – Local delivery of care Care for IBD patients that is delivered as locally as possible, but with rapid access to more specialised services when needed.
Key findings:
Only one third of sites have a protocol in place with GPs for the shared outpatient management of IBD patients and where they do it is only shared with the patient in 66% of these sites, most often verbally
Key recommendations:
Recent changes within the NHS will mean more frequent movement of patients between primary and secondary care. It therefore becomes vital that protocols are in place to ensure that the necessary access to secondary care is available in a timely manner, that the appropriate follow up is undertaken and that patients should receive a written statement of their management plan
Agreed protocols between primary and secondary care will facilitate this and sites should work to establish these protocols

23. Key Results UK 2010 Standard B1 – Arrangements for Shared Care
(201 sites)
Your Site
Is there a defined protocol in place between the IBD Service and GPs for shared outpatient management?
Yes = 34% (68/201)
Yes/No
Shared care protocols uncommon and 34 out of the 68 sites that do have them don’t give information about the protocols to patients
Whilst 93% sites share information about test results or treatment changes with GPs less than 30% of them do so by means other than via letter (27% by electronic record).

24. Standard C – Maintaining a patient‐centred service Care for IBD patients that is patient‐centred, responsive to individual needs and offers choice of clinical care and management where possible and appropriate.
Key findings:
Rapid access to specialist services is good with 94% of sites offering expedited review and 92% reporting that they see patients within 7 days of referral. A range of contact options are available in many sites
Written information about IBD is available in 99% of sites, most commonly produced by Crohn’s and Colitis UK
A choice of follow up options is available in only 51% of sites
Patient involvement in service improvement is at relatively low levels but is improving with a number of alternative methods being used
Key recommendations:
Significant improvement has been made in this area and sites should be encouraged to offer a range of follow up options and to involve their patients in service development

25. Key Results UK 2010 Your Site
Standard C2 – Rapid access to specialist advice 
UK 2010
Your Site
Is there written information for patients with IBD on whom to contact in the event of a relapse?
Yes = 79% (159/201)
Yes/No
Can patients expect to be seen for specialist review within 7 days of a relapse?
Yes = 88% (176/174
Do patients have access to contact an IBD Specialist by any of the following methods?
Phone
Clinic
95% (190/201)
9.8% (20/175)
(70/175)
All of the questions above showed significant improvement between rounds 2 and 3 (2008 / 2010) of the UK IBD Audit.

26. Key Results UK 2010 Your Site
Standard C5 – Involvement of patients in service improvement  
UK 2010
Your Site
Are Patient Panel meetings in place to involve patients in giving their views on the development of your IBD service?
Yes = 17%
(35/201)
Yes/No
Between rounds 2 and 3 of the UK IBD Audit (2008, 2010), the number of sites reporting patient panel meetings has shown a significant improvement from 11% to 18% (P value: <0.064)

27. Standard D – Patient education and support Care for IBD patients that assists patients and their families in understanding Inflammatory Bowel Disease and how it is managed and that supports them in achieving the best quality of life possible within the constraints of the illness.
Key findings:
Translation services are widely available but written information is available in languages other than English in only 35% of sites
A written care plan for patients is only available in 33% of sites
Formal educational opportunities for patients are available in 57% of sites
There is very wide spread contact with patient organisations with 99% of sites giving contact information, most commonly for Crohn’s and Colitis UK
Key recommendations:
Sites should work to develop written care plans for patients if these do not exist with priority given to newly diagnosed patients and those receiving immunomodulators and biological therapies

28. Key Results UK 2010 Standard D1 – Provision of Information Your Site
(201 sites)
Your Site
Do you provide patients with a written care plan?
Yes = 33% (67/201)
Yes/No
Do you provide written information for patients regarding surgery?
Yes = 73% (146/201)
Translation services provided when needed and specific information available in almost all sites for newly diagnosed patients.
75% sites have regular contact with Crohn’s and Colitis UK (indicated still as NACC at the time of data entry)

29. Standard E – Information technology and audit An IBD Service that uses IT effectively to support patient care and to optimise clinical management through data collection and audit.
Key findings:
A register of IBD patients is kept in 55% of sites. Some include all IBD patients, but the majority include specific treatment groups
A real time data collection system to support the management of patients is used in only 19% of sites
Only 10% of sites submit data to other national or international audits about IBD
Key recommendations:
Sites should ensure robust mechanisms are in place to capture at least basic data on all IBD patients

30. Key Results UK 2010 Your Site Standard E2 – Developing an IBD Database
Do you capture clinical data about the IBD patients under your care?
Yes = 48% (97/201)
Yes/No
Do you use this system in real time to support the management of patients?
Yes = 40% (39/97)
Between rounds 2 and 3 of the UK IBD Audit (2008, 2010), the number of sites reporting the capture of clinical data about IBD patients has shown a significant improvement from 38% to 51% (P value: <0.015) however 85% of sites in 2010 had to estimate the number of IBD patients that their service manages.

31. Key Results 2010 Your Site Standard E3 – Participation in audit
Apart from the UK IBD Audit, are you participating in any other national or international audits of care for IBD?
Yes = 10% (20/201)
Yes/No
Do you submit data (including outcomes) about patients with IBD who undergo surgery, to a national registry?
Yes = 17% (35/201)

32. Standard F – Evidence‐based practice and research A service that is knowledge‐based and actively supports service improvement and clinical research
Key findings:
IBD nurse education is poor with a median of only 2 days per year of IBD specific training
35% of sites are participating in UKCRN portfolio IBD studies
An annual review of the IBD Service is held in only 22% of sites
Key recommendations:
Sites need to ensure that IBD nurses have access to sufficient educational opportunities to maintain their specialist knowledge and skills
All sites should be encouraged to participate in clinical research
All IBD Teams should hold an annual review of their service

33. Key Results 2010 Your Site Standard F1 – Training and Education
How many days of IBD specific training did your IBD Nurse specialist have in the past 12 months?
Median: 2 (0:5)
XX days

34. Key Results 2010 Your Site Standard F3 – Service Development
Does your IBD Team hold an annual review day to review the IBD Service?
Yes = 22% (44/201)
Yes/No

35. Summary of National Results
There have been notable improvements in:
- The presence of specialist gastroenterology wards
- Sites with at least some IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist provision
- Written information for patients on who to contact in the event of a relapse
Overall there is good access to diagnostic services
IBD Services are patient-focused and consultant led
Known IBD patients have good access to specialist advice and can be seen quickly when relapsing
More sites are meeting directly with patient groups to discuss improvements to IBD Services
Surgery as an option for inpatients seem to decreasing
Clinical teams have largely been able to make improvements in areas over which they have direct control and should be able to continue to improve. Difficulties exist where structural changes are required such as provision of toilets.

36. Summary of National Results
There is still very poor direct access to psychological support
The ratio of beds per toilet is still to high with too many toilets still being mixed-sex.
28% of sites still have no IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist provision
Where sites do have an IBD Nurse Specialist in the majority of sites this nurse provision is below the minimum as set out in the IBD Standards and they receive little IBD specific training throughout the year
Use of Information Technology in capturing data on IBD patients is not focused and seems unable to provide services with reliable information on their patients

37. Summary of Your Site Results?

38. Next Steps - Development of an action plan to Improve the “Your Site” IBD Service?
Areas requiring action? ?

39. The future
Sites are encouraged to access and contribute towards the Shared Document Store on the IBD Quality Improvement Project (IBDQIP) website: which provides tools that sites can use to implement change within their IBD Service.
Data entry for the Clinical Audit element of the UK IBD Audit 3rd round continues up until the 31st Aug 2010.
The Biologics Audit element of the UK IBD Audit 3rd round will begin in the first week of September 2011

40. For further information contact:
Acknowledgements
Most importantly thank you to all of the people who worked within “Your Site” towards collating and entering the data
All members of the UK IBD Audit Steering Group
For further information contact: