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Objective To determine whether a standardised and manualised care intervention in men in primary care could achieve superior improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) compared with usual care. Design Cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting 30 National Health Service general practice sites in England. Participants Sites were randomised 1:1 to the intervention and control arms. 1077 men (≥18 years) with bothersome LUTS recruited between June 2018 and August 2019: 524 were assigned to the intervention arm (n=17 sites) and 553 were assigned to the usual care arm (n=13 sites). Inter...

Health and care staff need to “bring incontinence out of the shadows” to enable patients to talks about their symptoms and access appropriate treatment, a

Older people (file photo) who spend time in hospital are being discharged suffering from long-lasting incontinence because NHS staff are too busy to take them to the toilet while they're on the ward.

Fifth in the series: How digital technologies can help patients with continence problems. Speakers: Nikki Cotterill, associate professor in continence care, University of the West of England, and Lyndsey Edwards, product specialist, Essity

Dementia patients in acute hospital settings are at increased risk of developing incontinence during their hospital stay as a result of a widespread “pad