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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

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

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
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk