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Remote working: what can health professionals learn from business?
Remote working has been widely used in business for many years but before COVID-19, this was not the case within healthcare settings. This article seeks to review the advantages, challenges and solutions which users of remote working in business have...Cutting-edge or over-hyped? Evaluating the role of robotic surgery in the management of renal cell carcinoma
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 the technique of ‘ceolioscopy’ to inspect intraabdominal organs in 1901 [1]. Since those early days,...Post-Brexit deal welcomed but leaves future relationship with EU far from settled
This article was originally published EYE NEWS VOLUME 27 ISSUE 6 APRIL/MAY 2021 Rod McNeil breaks down the impact of the Brexit deal on healthcare in the UK, including medicines regulation, research funding, sharing of information and the ability to...Increasing patient hydration through technology
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 excretion of 2–3 litres of dilute urine [1]. Unfortunately, patient compliance is known to be...Frequency-volume chart apps for nocturia: keeping urologists up at night
Background Nocturia is a bothersome symptom and the leading cause of disturbed sleep in adults. It is extremely common, with 55% of men and 60% of women aged 50 waking at least once in the night, with a further 20%...Conference apps
With conference season soon starting I thought I would run through some of the apps I think would be useful for delegates attending a urology conference in the coming year. The conference app It is often useful to download the...Prostate Scotland statement on National Screening Committee recommendation
Prostate Scotland notes the recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee (NSC) on Friday 28 November 2025 to introduce targeted prostate cancer screening only for men with confirmed BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene variants. While this represents an important first step...Grant Stott challenges Scottish men to talk about prostate cancer this March
Broadcaster and actor Grant Stott is urging men across Scotland to start a simple but potentially life-saving conversation this Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Grant, 58, recently had his first prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test after being inspired by Sir Chris Hoy...The Hamilton Irving Box
In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the new BAUS Virtual Museum of the History of Urology which is part of the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). In the last issue I...Consultant Urologist featured in national portrait exhibition
Doctor Banan Osman, Consultant Urologist Surgeon at Heartlands and Solihull Hospitals, is featured in a national portrait exhibition currently on display in London. The exhibition, titled ‘Insight: Portraits of Women in Surgery’, is being held at the Hunterian Museum, part...Consent: your obligations in the modern, post-Montgomery era
There has been so much recent discussion and so much emphasis placed on the fundamental right that we all have to determine what is or is not done to us, the right to self-determination, that it would be either a...
