1. EAST ANGLIAN CANCER REGISTRY Problems in moving towards automation

2. Automated cancer registration is…. “Where streams of data about an individual case of cancer are received electronically from different sources and are processed by a computer system to:  create a new patient and a new tumourOR  create a new tumour for an existing patientOR  update an existing tumour for an existing patient without the need for human intervention.”

3. Areas of concern: No electronic data Accuracy of data Non-hospital data Patient identification Problem resolution

4. JCIS Addenbrooke’s, Hinchingbrooke, Peterborough Dendrite Norfolk & Norwich, James Paget No News From…. Bedford, Ipswich, West Suffolk, Luton & Dunstable, Papworth, Kings Lynn

5. NCDS - just a summary Who records the information in it ? Are they trained in cancer coding ? The data must be of high quality and consistent What about secondaries ?

6. Other sources e.g.: GP Notes Consultants with private patients Notification Death cards Patient affairs office Pathology reports

7. Patient Identification: Use of New NHS Number Wrongly allocated numbers What if they can’t find the number for a patient ? Hospital number Two numbers for the same patient The same number used by two people

8. Problem Resolution: If what we are sent is inadequate for a case and we need to “eye-ball” the notes: Will they still exist ? Will we be able to get at them ? How ?

9. Bearing in mind that it is nearly lunchtime….. Any Questions ?