Urology News

21/08/2026

🚨 New FOI data reveals a shocking "postcode lottery" in NHS continence care. Some patients wait days, while others face over a YEAR (76 weeks!) for an initial assessment.

https://www.urologynews.uk.com/news/post/incontinence-patients-face-year-long-waits-for-nhs-care-foi-findings-reveal

19/08/2026

It’s the final count down!
This is your chance to share your images with the urology community. Your entry could be recognised, published and awarded.

Enter now: https://www.urologynews.uk.com/the-urology-news-imaging-competition-2026/
Deadline: 18 September 2026

18/08/2026

Should your political views cost you your job? In the 1600s, it did! 🏛️

The Molins family and Thomas Hollier saw their surgical careers rise and fall based on whether they backed the King or Cromwell.

Do you think skill should always trump politics in the workplace?
https://www.urologynews.uk.com/features/history-of-urology/post/the-stonecutters-of-17th-century-london

17/08/2026

Why do we tell stone formers to cut the salt? 🧂➡️💎

It’s all about the proximal convoluted tubule. High sodium intake reduces the electro-chemical gradient, inhibiting passive calcium reabsorption. Result? Hypercalciuria.

Simple advice, massive impact. What’s your go-to phrase for explaining this to patients in a busy clinic?

https://www.urologynews.uk.com/features/features/post/metabolic-stone-disease-for-urology-trainees

Urolithiasis continues to be a heavy burden on the worldwide medical infrastructure with an estimated 106 million cases recorded internationally in 2021 [1]. Whilst incidence rates have started to decline across Europe and high-income North America, there are emerging hotspots of stone disease, part...

14/08/2026

Bladder Health UK (BHUK) is seeking new Trustees with expertise in Urology, Finance, or Digital Transformation. Make a national impact in just 4 hours a month.

Apply here:

Bladder Health UK (BHUK) is seeking new Trustees to enhance our governance, strengthen oversight and support the charity’s continued growth as a national leader in bladder health. For over 30 years, BHUK has delivered trusted patient information, a national helpline, clinical education and collabo...

10/08/2026

Attention UK Urologists and Oncologists! 📢

The University of Southampton requires clinical insight to ensure new e-learning modules on localised prostate cancer are fit for purpose.

Expert feedback aims to help patients stay on AS longer where clinically appropriate.

Interested clinicians can register for an online focus group here:https://www.urologynews.uk.com/news/post/urologists-and-oncologists-needed-help-improve-active-surveillance-conversations

06/08/2026

Did you know that 53% of NHS trusts currently cap the number of continence products a patient can receive? 🛑

The Government has just reaffirmed that care should be based on clinical need, not arbitrary limits. Do you think a "one-size-fits-all" cap has any place in modern healthcare?
https://www.urologynews.uk.com/news/post/government-says-continence-care-should-be-based-on-need-not-arbitrary-limits

NHS trusts have come under fresh pressure to end arbitrary restrictions on the numbers of absorbent continence products supplied to patients after ministers reiterated that continence care should be based on clinical need and uphold patients' dignity.

05/08/2026

Keep the entries coming!

It is countdown, with less than two months to submit your entries for this year’s Imaging Competition.

The response has been amazing; there is so much creativity within urology.

There is still time to submit your entry, so get your images in before 18 September 2026.

"Following last year's success with the Urology News Imaging Competition, I'm really looking forward to seeing this year's entries. It was diversity that surprised me last year, so just remember anything goes… well within reason, this is Urology!"

– Jonathan Goddard

Enter here: https://www.urologynews.uk.com/the-urology-news-imaging-competition-2026/

03/08/2026

Did you know that 106 million cases of stone disease were recorded globally in 2021? 🌍 While rates are dipping in parts of Europe, deaths are sadly rising in 179 countries.

We need to talk more about prevention, not just surgery.
https://www.urologynews.uk.com/features/features/post/metabolic-stone-disease-for-urology-trainees

Urolithiasis continues to be a heavy burden on the worldwide medical infrastructure with an estimated 106 million cases recorded internationally in 2021 [1]. Whilst incidence rates have started to decline across Europe and high-income North America, there are emerging hotspots of stone disease, part...

30/07/2026

Ever wondered what LASER actually stands for? 🤔 It’s not just a cool name—it’s a full scientific description: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. 💡

From breaking down stones to treating BPH, lasers have revolutionised urology.
https://www.urologynews.uk.com/education/spot-tests/post/lasers-in-urology

3. The following cases involve laser surgery. Can you diagnose the pathology, identify which type of lasers can be used, and their wavelengths?