The General Medical Council states that foundation year doctors should be able to carry out male and female urethral catheterisation safely under direct supervision [1]....
Day 1 Toni Huw Mihailidis and Mriganka Mani Sinha Another year and another brilliant meeting in which urologists from the UK and around the globe...
A few years ago we published stories from three international medical graduates detailing their experience of working as registrars in the UK (https://www.urologynews.uk.com/education/trainees-forum/post/initial-impressions-of-urology-in-the-uk-from-overseas-trainees). Here are...
Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies affecting men worldwide. Radiotherapy is a common treatment modality for localised and locally advanced prostate cancer....
In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS...
In November 2023, we were privileged to have been hosted at the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand’s (USANZ) annual trainee week in the...
Achieving optimal hydration is crucial particularly for patients with nephrolithiasis. Research suggests that intake should approach 2.5-3.5 litres per day to allow for the daily...
Incontinence poses a substantial economic burden on the UK’s NHS, estimated at £536 million in 1999/2000, equivalent to approximately 1.1% of the total NHS spend,...
Bladder overactivity is a common problem affecting the social functioning of children. Overactive bladder dry (OAB-dry) is a term (one not utilised by the International...
The Paediatric Continence Forum has recently launched its updated Guide on how to commission and run integrated, nurse-led, community-based paediatric bladder and bowel (continence) services....
The quest for a minimally-invasive approach to major abdominal surgery finds its roots at the start of the previous century, when Georg Kelling first described...
In Western countries, we are spoilt for choice in almost every aspect of our lives, but does that reflect also in healthcare? While we have...