Department of Urology
The services we offer
We offer a comprehensive urological service across our hospital sites. Specific examples are as follows:
- Lithotripsy for kidney stones at St Albans City Hospital
- Daycase and inpatient urological surgery at Watford General and St Albans City Hospital
- Paediatric urology (children's wards, paediatric anaesthetists) – Watford General Hospital
- Female urology services at Watford General Hospital
- Prostate cancer diagnostic clinics (including same day “TRUS” biopsy) – twice weekly at St Albans City Hospital
- One stop haematuria clinics (including kidney CT and ultrasound), flexible cystoscopy and stent removal – weekly at Hemel Hempstead Hospital
- Urodynamics services – Watford General Hospital (requires a full bladder!)
- Interventional radiology services including nephrostomy, antegrade stents – Watford General Hospital
- Diagnostic radiology – across all hospital sites and MRI at Spire Bushey
- On the Acute Site (Watford General Hospital) urgent + emergency Urology patients are seen in AAU and A&E Departments.
- We are linked to the Lister Hospital where some operations for cancer take place.
