Quality standard

Quality statement 5: Initial staging CT

Quality statement 5: Initial staging CT

Quality statement

Women who are offered staging for ovarian cancer, following ultrasound, are offered CT of the abdomen and pelvis as the initial staging investigation.

Quality measures

The following measures can be used to assess the quality of care or service provision specified in the statement. They are examples of how the statement can be measured, and can be adapted and used flexibly.

Structure

Evidence of local arrangements and written clinical protocols to ensure women who are offered staging for ovarian cancer, following ultrasound, are offered CT of the abdomen and pelvis as the initial staging investigation.

Data source: Local data collection.

Process

Proportion of women who are offered staging for ovarian cancer, following ultrasound, who receive CT of the abdomen and pelvis as the initial staging investigation.

Numerator – the number of women in the denominator receiving CT of the abdomen and pelvis as the initial staging investigation.

Denominator – the number of women who are offered staging for ovarian cancer, following ultrasound.

Data source: National Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset, available from the National Cancer Intelligence Network.

What the quality statement means for different audiences

Service providers ensure systems and written clinical protocols are in place so that women who are offered staging for ovarian cancer, following ultrasound, are offered CT of the abdomen and pelvis as the initial staging investigation.

Healthcare professionals ensure women who are offered staging for ovarian cancer, following ultrasound, are offered CT of the abdomen and pelvis as the initial staging investigation.

Commissioners ensure they commission services that offer women who are offered staging for ovarian cancer, following ultrasound, a CT of the abdomen and pelvis as the initial staging investigation.

Women who are offered investigations to find out the stage of the ovarian cancer, following ultrasound, are offered a CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis as the first investigation.