Written question asked by Andrew Snowden (Conservative) on Friday, 10 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 October 2025. It was answered by Ashley Dalton (Labour) on Monday, 20 October 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Urinary Tract Infections
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of gender disparities in the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of chronic urinary tract infections.
- Answer
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidance on prevalence suggests urinary tract infections are more common in women than in men, with men estimated to account for around 20% of all occurrences. Further information on factors related to incidence including those specific to gender is available at the following link:
https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/urinary-tract-infection-lower-men/background-information/prevalence/
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 79055
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Diagnosis Gender Medical treatments Urinary tract infections
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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- 2025-10-20 12:28:43 +0100
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