Simon Harrison

Consultant Urologist

Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, from 1992 to December 2016. He is a former chairman of the BAUS Section of Female, Neurological and Urodynamic Urology, and was chairman of the NICE Guideline Development Panel for the guideline on Urinary Incontinence in Neurological Disease.

Latest Contribution

Cover images of GIRFT guides.

Still Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) in urology: meeting the challenges presented by COVID-19

3 May 2022 |

Back in 2019, Simon Harrison – the then sole national lead for the urology workstream in the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme – wrote an article for Urology News on the GIRFT national report and how its recommendations...

Getting it Right First Time in urology: the implementation phase

1 January 2019 | | Andrology, Basic Science Research, Endourology and Stones, Functional Urology, Infection, Neurourology, Paediatric Urology, Reconstructive Urology, Technological Developments, Trauma and Emergency Urology, Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology

The Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) programme is the largest and most comprehensive initiative to improve the quality and efficiency of individual clinical services that the NHS has ever instigated. The programme falls under the auspices of NHS Improvement...

Inpatient care of patients with established spinal cord injury - what a general urologist needs to know

1 January 2014 | | Neurourology, Trauma and Emergency Urology

Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating, life-changing condition, which is currently irreversible. Depending on the level of the spinal cord affected (and whether the lesion is complete or incomplete), patients may subsequently develop reduced voluntary motor function, sensory...