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Written question asked by Fabian Hamilton (Labour) on Thursday, 12 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 June 2025. It was answered by Ashley Dalton (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 July 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Urinary Tract Infections

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence plans to publish guidelines for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of chronic urinary tract infections.

Answer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has an established prioritisation process overseen by a prioritisation board, for the identification of priorities for guidance development. Anyone can suggest a topic through the NICE website at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/forms/topic-suggestion

NICE has no current plans to develop guidance on chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs) at this time and the topic has not been considered by its prioritisation board. However, NICE has produced a clinical guideline on antimicrobial prescribing for recurrent UTIs which provides recommendations on treatments and self-care for the prevention of recurrent UTIs. This guideline is available at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng112


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
59285
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Diagnosis Medical treatments National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Urinary tract infections
Link
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