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Welcome to Urology & Continence Care Today! UCCT is a free online resource for all HCPs with an interest in urology and continence care.

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Prostate cancer patients who undergo robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy previously had to return to hospital for a trial without catheter 7-10 days after surgery.

This outlines whether self-trial without catheter at home was feasible for patients:https://t.co/Wy2Ad710Bc

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Happy International Nurses Day!

Nurses are the bedrock of healthcare, so take a moment to celebrate yourself and your colleagues, the incredible care you provide and the hard work that you do.

Thank you on behalf of all patients ♥️

#InternationalNursesDay #Nurses #Nursing

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Intermittent self-catheterisation can empower patients to regain control of their bladder.🚽

However, it has a broad range of impacts on patients’ quality of life.

This looks at evidence and discusses how they affect more than just clinical outcomes:
https://t.co/YPVpp40fzo

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Over a quarter of children who start reception are not toilet trained. 👶

June Rogers looks at the reasons for this delay and suggests how parents could be supported to toilet train their children:
https://t.co/payDZgg87t

#ToiletTraining #ChildDevelopment #Reception #Nappies

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Are you a healthcare professional working in continence care who wishes to improve your knowledge and skills to progress your career? 🫶

Check out the CLP hub, to help you rise to the challenges and responsibilities faced by clinicians in continence care: https://t.co/x0UZ0QyBFg

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NICE has recommended that durvalumab can be used as an option with gemcitabine and cisplatin for treatment before surgery, and then alone after surgery, of resectable muscle-invasive bladder cancer in adults.

Learn more: https://t.co/3ob6WNYsWu

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Impostor syndrome is experienced by people across all professions. 🫣

Here Tracy Hinchliffe explains how those in specialist nursing roles can overcome these feelings.

https://t.co/rdLXEb4PDn

#ImpostorSyndrome #SpecialistNurses #ProfessionalDevelopment

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On World Autism Day, we highlight how disruption or imbalance in the gut microbiota may result in dysbiosis. 🔍

Dysbiosis has been linked to a range of diseases in both children and adults, including autism spectrum disorder.

https://t.co/MqGs6VGSoZ

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Updated guidelines on bowel care from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) promote a positive and proactive approach to care delivery.

They cover the essential and fundamental needs of bowel function and management of bowel disorders.

https://t.co/ddHamUqSiS

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Containment products are a vital part of both emergency and long-term management of bladder and bowel dysfunctions.

We hope this will support readers in thinking about how their service runs and give some suggestions for possible improvements.

https://t.co/GKr5cm0SuK

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Have you explored the programme for #ACP2026?

🎤 Hear about these topics:
Functional neurological disorders and urinary retention
Advances in Continence Technology in Community and the Home
Looking after the Wellbeing of the Workforce

Programme: https://t.co/f5TG5Xana1

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The bowels of people with Down syndrome can be affected in a number of different ways.

This article outlines these conditions and give practical tips on how these can be managed:
https://t.co/EoNtgpRU9Q

#DownSyndrome #BowelHealth #Constipation #WorldDownSyndromeDay

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Have you thought about having a nutrition champion in your organisation?

Nutrition and Hydration Week would be a perfect time to think about this.

There are plenty of resources for them online https://t.co/eyPzUzJfr9

#NutritionandHydrationWeek #KeepDrinking #OneSipAtATime

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Nutrition and Hydration Week, held every March since 2012, unites us to highlight food and drink's role in health. Join the Global Tea Party and share your nutrition focus! #NutritionandHydrationWeek #KeepDrinking #OneSipAtATime

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Ketamine use can cause kidney obstruction, papillary necrosis and in severe cases, acute renal failure.

On World Kidney Day ensure you're up to date with diagnosis and management of ketamine's effects on the urinary system at: https://t.co/GmH28rt3kl

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This International Women's Day we're celebrating all the women who work in urology and continence care. 🧔‍♀️

This year's theme is #GiveToGain, supporting patients and carers to understand and manage their conditions.

#IWD2026 #GiveToGain

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Yoga has been shown to benefit people with a number of different health conditions. 🧘‍♀️

This study looked at whether a specifically-designed yoga programme, run over 12 weeks, could help relieve symptoms in women with urinary incontinence.

Find out more: https://t.co/m6T1rz2JCT

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ICYMI: Have you downloaded the updated catheter care guidance from the RCN (Royal College of Nursing)?

Both practical and clinical, combining evidence and expert opinion, find out more here

https://t.co/Hup5nKexMo

#CatheterCare #Continence #EvidenceBasedPractice

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The UTI Information Service is a nurse-led, public-facing UTI information service set up by the Urology Foundation.

Helen Lake reflects on the first year of running this service.

She looks at how these findings can be applied to nursing practice. https://t.co/RQ0G1KuWQy

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See what the experts think!✍️

Our series of Editors' top tips is now all in one place for easy reference.

Next time you start writing a new article, take a look at this series of short videos to make sure you're on the right lines.

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