Urological

Summary

NICE has issued guidance on the organisation of healthcare for people with a urological cancer. The guidance recommends which healthcare professionals should be involved in treatment and care, and the types of hospital or cancer centre that are best suited to provide that healthcare.

Although the guidance does sometimes refer to appropriate forms of investigation and treatment, it doesn’t provide detailed information on these areas.

The key recommendations are:

• People should be treated by a multidisciplinary team
• Team members should have appropriate clinical skills
• Radical surgery for prostate and bladder cancer should be carried out by specialist teams
• Information and support should be improved
• More research is needed on treatment

Documents

For healthcare professionals

• Improving outcomes in urological cancers - Research evidence
• Improving outcomes in urological cancers - Manual

For patients, carers and the public

• Improving outcomes in urological cancers - Information for the public

Background information

• Covering letter

Implementing this guidance

Any further information NICE has produced to help the NHS implement this guideline locally is linked to below:

• None found