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Conditions treated include:

• prolapse
• overactive bladder
• stress incontinence
• frequency, urgency and nocturia (getting up at night)
• incomplete bladder emptying
• painful bladder syndrome
• recurrent UTI

Investigations:

• urodynamics
• pelvic and vaginal examination
• vaginal swabs
• bladder scan
• pelvic and renal scans
• anorectal manometry
• outpatient cystoscopy

Treatments

• conservative therapies, diet and fluid advice, bladder re-education, pelvic floor exercises
• physiotherapy
• medication for an overactive bladder
• surgery to repair a prolapse
• surgery to treat stress incontinence
• treatment for overactive bladder (i.e. Botox)
• trial without catheter
• teaching clean intermittent catheterisation
• insertion of a vaginal pessary

We offer a Urogynaecology service across all 3 sites.

Pontefract Urogynaecology department is located on level D in gynaecology outpatients. It has:

• three clinic rooms
• a urodynamics suite
• own toilet for teaching clean intermittent self-catheterisation
• consultant led and specialist nurse led clinics are run from this department
• nurse led pessary clinic
• Trial Without Catheter (TWOC) and Clean Intermittent Self-Catheterisation Training Clinic (CISC)
• Bladder instillation appointments
• a dedicated waiting area with drinks machine

Dewsbury Urogynaecology department is located on level 1 in the Bronte Tower building. It is within gynaecology outpatients and is a shared area with antenatal clinic. It has:

• four clinic rooms
• a urodynamics suite
• consultant and  specialist nurse clinics are run from this department
• nurse led pessary clinic
• trial without catheter (TWOC) and clean intermittent self catheterisation (CISC) training clinic
• bladder instillation clinic
• a shared waiting area

Pinderfields Urogynaecology department is based on Gate 8B. It is within gynaecology outpatients and is a shared area with general outpatients. It has:

• four clinic rooms
• a treatment room for outpatient cystoscopy (diagnostic and intravesical Botox treatment)
• consultant and specialist nurse clinics run from this department
• nurse led pessary clinic
• trial without catheter (TWOC) and clean intermittent self catheterisation (CISC) training clinic
• bladder instillations
• a shared waiting area

We currently have a team of two consultant urogynaecologists and a clinical nurse specialist who work across all sites to provide the best possible care.