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Warwick Hospital 2021-08-27 Person 5 5 0

As a typical man, I was certainly not looking forward to undergoing a transperineal prostate biopsy, especially given past experience at a large teaching hospital in a neighbouring county. In the event, my experience at the Nurse-Led Urology Unit at Warwick Hospital could not have been bettered. Particular thanks to Julie, the Nurse Practitioner who performed the procedure with great skill and professionalism, keeping me informed throughout and taking care to preserve my dignity to the fullest extent possible in the circumstances; but thanks also to the other members of the team, whose kindly, yet respectful and professional, attitude greatly assisted in creating an atmosphere in which I was able to relax to a surprising degree. It would be an exaggeration to say that I was able to enjoy the experience (!) but, should I need to undergo this procedure again in the future, I would have absolutely no qualms about doing so.

A brief telephone consultation with an urologist or urology nurse practitioner, to inform me of the findings of the earlier MRI scan and to discuss whether or not biopsy was indicated, would have been appreciated. Having been referred on the 2WW pathway, and undergone MRI within 2/52, I was disappointed to have had to wait 8/52, until the biopsy appointment, to learn the assigned PIRADS score. Hopefully, a score of 1 or 2 would not have led automatically to biopsy without an earlier consultation of some kind.