Table 4

Number of ‘positive’ responses, total number of responses, raw percentage of ‘positive’ responses, cluster (team) adjusted OR and 95% CI for ‘positive’ responses in 2018 vs 2017 and associated p value for the six key questions

Question	2017 Responses			2018 Responses			OR	95% CI for OR		P value†
Question	n‡	N§	%*	n‡	N§	%*	OR	Lower	Upper	P value†
1. Does the MDT have TORs or guidelines to guide the conduct of the meetings? (yes)	20	129	15.5	54	117	46.2	4.8	2.5	9.3	<0.001
2. Are there established criteria for referral of patients to MDT meetings? (yes)	34	129	26.4	62	117	53.0	2.9	2.0	4.4	<0.001
3. Is there a follow-up process to check whether referrals from the MDT are actually made? (yes)	18	129	14.0	22	117	18.8	1.6	0.7	3.5	0.262
4. Does the MDT use clinical practice guidelines/treatment protocols relevant to patients with cancer? (always or usually)	81	129	62.8	72	117	61.5	0.9	0.6	1.3	0.532
5. Does the MDT routinely collect the time from diagnosis to definitive treatment? (yes)	13	128	10.2	22	117	18.8	2.0	0.9	4.1	0.078
6. Are internal audits conducted to confirm that treatment decisions match current best practice? (yes)	9	129	7.0	9	117	7.7	1.2	0.7	1.9	0.543

*Percentage of ‘positive’ responses.
†P value adjusted for team clustering.
‡Number of ‘positive’ responses.
§Total number of responses.
CI, confidence interval; MDT, multidisciplinary team; OR, odds ratio; TOR, Terms of Reference.