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How to organise a urology taster week as a foundation trainee

Current exposure to urology in medical undergraduate curriculums is relatively sparse in comparison to the other surgical specialties with one study reporting just 42% of students having a compulsory attachment. These attachments were an average length of just one week...

Urology News Imaging Competition 2025 – winners!

This year saw the launch of the first Urology News Imaging Competition, sponsored by Karl Storz UK. We were delighted to receive a large and diverse range of entries with a wide interpretation of the brief, showcasing that there really...

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Urinary Tract Infections

3 March 2026 / London Susannah La-Touche, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Clinical Director of Undergraduate Surgery. On 3 March 2026, via the echoing maze-like hallways of Westminster, a small group convened for the first Meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on...

An overview of changes to urology training

Paediatric urology training A review of paediatric emergency services in the UK involving general surgery, urology and paediatric surgery was initiated due to the problems encountered by the lack of suitable experience outside large paediatric surgical units to deliver emergency...

Post CCT fellowship in genitourethral reconstruction at St George’s Hospital: an experience unique to the UK

I first developed an interest in genitourethral reconstruction, particularly urethroplasty, at the beginning of my urology training. Working in Bristol and Weston Super Mare for David Dickerson inspired me to develop this further. Mr Dickerson performs one of the largest...

Ejaculatory dysfunction: a review of current practice and guidelines

Introduction The ejaculatory process is paramount to procreation in nature. It is a complex orchestration of physiology that results in emission of the ejaculate into the posterior urethra followed by ejection of those fluids from the urethra and orgasm. The...

TPTNS: evaluation of a therapeutic option in the management of anticholinergic refractory overactive bladder

This is a prospective study evaluating the tolerability and efficacy of transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation (TPTNS) in patients with urodynamically proven overactive bladder (OAB), who have failed anticholinergic treatment. Forty-three patients were studied and followed up over a period...

LoFric Elle Wins ‘Look Good, Feel Good’ Award

Wellspect’s revolutionary new female catheter has added another award to its list of accolades. The 'Look Good, Feel Good' award, which is a joint initiative of Bladder and Bowel UK and the...

Action Bladder Cancer UK to open applications for bladder cancer research grants

Action Bladder Cancer UK (ABC UK) will open applications in November 2024 for its 2026 research funding programmes, supporting projects that improve the care, treatment, or diagnosis of bladder cancer. Grants are offered under two schemes. The Improving Outcomes for...

Does empowering men on active surveillance for prostate cancer improve patient compliance and reduce conversion to treatment?

Active surveillance is a major treatment option for patients with favourable prognosis prostate cancer, such as those regarded as Cambridge Prognostic Group (CPG) 1 and 2 [1]. The rationale for this management strategy is the lack of survival benefit from...

Action Bladder Cancer UK offering grants for bladder cancer research

Action Bladder Cancer UK (ABC UK) is inviting applications for its 2026 research funding programmes, supporting projects that improve the care, treatment or diagnosis of bladder cancer. Grants are offered under two schemes. The Improving Outcomes for Patients Programme (IOPP)...

Surgical video – part 2: Tips on how to edit and create a finished surgical video for teaching or publication

A well-made and informative video can be one of the most valuable promotional tools for a department of urology. Having to resort to an external commercial source to produce a video can be prohibitively expensive. With the extensive computing power...