Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 070-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Adherence to National Guidelines
Does your Trust currently follow any of the following national guidelines for the treatment and management of Overactive Bladder (OAB)? Please indicate “Yes” or “No” for each of the following:
a) NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance on sacral nerve stimulation for urge incontinence and urgency-frequency (IPG64)
b) NICE Clinical Guideline on Urinary Incontinence in Women (CG171)
c) NICE Clinical Guideline on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men (CG97)
d) Any NHS England-issued clinical guidelines related to OAB management
Our response:
Not known
You asked:
2. Locally Adopted Guidelines
For any of the above guidelines that your Trust follows, please provide the title, version number, and date of the current guidance or policy document in use.
Our response:
Our teams follow local guidelines ‘Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction in Adults – Assessment and Treatment Guideline (A0174)’ from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, issued in July 2018.
You asked:
3. Local Protocols or Deviations
If your Trust does not follow one or more of the national guidelines listed above, or has developed local clinical pathways or protocols for the management of OAB, please provide a copy of the relevant local policy or a summary of the key differences compared to national guidance.
Our response:
Please contact Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as the owner of the guidelines.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.