One Minute Poster Pitches Archive

UK & Ireland Prostate Brachytherapy Conference 2024

Abstract number 6 

Development of a self TWOC service for out Brachytherapy service.

Claire Johnson, Alice Gamble Maidstone Hospital, Kent Oncology Centre 

Purpose: To develop a service where patients can safely remove their catheter at home, negating the need for them to travel back to the hospital, the day after their surgery and G&A. The catchment area of this hospital covers 4 counties Kent, East Sussex, Essex and Surrey (patient choice) and it is quite common for patients to travel in excess of 90 miles (round-trip) to attend for Brachytherapy. Along with the impact of patients having to find an escort for another day, we felt we should look at our service and attempt to make the patient experience better. 

Methods: We Reviewed documents kindly provided to us by Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS trust that they use for their post TWOC RALP patients, and discussed within the team if this was something we could adapt for our Brachytherapy patients. From here we developed the documentation and started a trial of patients, patients were chosen based on distance from Brachytherapy centre, colour of urine post-Surgery and patient choice. 

Results: Reflecting of the data collected from our trial group, the patients seemed to be happy with this service. 

Conclusion: We will be adopting this as our normal process after all final draft documents are approved by all bodies involved. 

References: Documents adapted from Royal Surrey County Hospital, Figures from these websites: Bard care and myflexicare. full link disclosed in documentation.