Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve health outcomes for people with a UTI in Devon.

Information is published nationally on the National Health Service website outlining the symptoms, treatment, self-care, causes, and prevention of urinary tract infections (UTIs). Further information is available at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/urinary-tract-infections-utis/

In addition, there is also local patient-facing information on the MyHealth Devon website, which is available at the following link:

https://myhealth-devon.nhs.uk/my-condition/condition/utis/

The local NHS service in Devon has a series of referral and treatment guidelines for UTIs. These include:

- UTIs in females;

- UTIs in males;

- suspected UTIs in children; and

- UTIs in general.

These guidelines include information on assessment, red flags, investigations, management, and referral, and further information on each of the topics above is available at the following link:

https://southwest.devonformularyguidance.nhs.uk/referral-guidance/south-devon-torbay/urology

There is also a new clinical referral guideline for recurrent UTIs that is currently in development with local specialists. These guidelines cover the management of many UTI related topics, including:

- the management of asymptomatic bacteriuria;

- the management of catheter-associated urinary tract infection;

- the management of chronic pelvic pain syndrome;

- the management of community multidrug-resistant urinary tract infection;

- the management of lower urinary tract infections;

- the management of prostatitis, acute;

- the management of pyelonephritis, acute;

- the management of recurrent urinary tract infection; and

- resources for urinary tract infections.

Further information on each of the above is available at the following link:

https://southwest.devonformularyguidance.nhs.uk/formulary/chapters/5-infections/urinary-tract-infections