Bladder, kidney and urine service at Colchester Hospital

Colchester Hospital bladder, kidney and urine service

We hold the following clinics at Colchester Hospital:

Pre-admission clinic

If you are coming into the hospital to have surgery you will be asked to attend a pre-admission clinic, these are held in the elective care centre.

At the clinic the staff will explain your surgery/procedure to you, you may be asked to sign a consent form and you may be sent for further tests such as:

• blood tests
• x-rays
• scans
• lung function tests
• echocardiogram

This is to ensure that there are no delays for you later on.

Cytotoxic/bladder instillation clinic

At these clinics you can receive treatment if you have superficial bladder cancer. We can treat you with:

• mitomycin C, which is a form of chemotherapy which we give you to destroy tumour cells over a period of six weeks
• Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG therapy) helps the body’s immune system fight any remaining tumours

Trial without catheter clinic (TWOCC)

You can attend this clinic if you need to have a catheter removed after surgery and your doctor would like you to see if you can cope without a catheter whilst you are still in a hospital setting.

Urodynamics/cystometrogram clinic

These investigations are used to measure your bladder capacity and activity also how it works under pressure. You will normally have these tests before you have prostate surgery.

Clinics at the PCC

Kidney dialysis

Kidney dialysis takes place at the Primary Care Centre on Turner Road, not at the main hospital.  Please check your appointment letter before you set off.