Treating cUTIs - Luke Taylor MP

Since shortly after I was elected in July 2024, a brave community of Chronic Urinary Tract Infection (cUTIs) patients have shared their stories with me. Stories of trauma, of suffering, and of desperation. I have been utterly heartbroken by what I have been told.

Sufferers being gaslit by GPs, told their condition is all in their heads and refused a referral. Antibiotics that could offer real relief being withheld. Even, tragically, some sufferers driven to taking their own life because of the pain.

There is just one chronic UTI clinic in the country - for a condition that affects thousands of people, predominantly women.

That is why I've worked with the Urology Foundation and other MPs - including sufferer Allison Gardner MP - to set up Parliament's APPG for UTIs. I'm lobbying the government to take key steps to help sufferers.

In May 2025 I held a Westminster Hall Debate to finally give these campaigners a voice in Parliament. It was very moving, and so sobering, to see campaigners in the audience finally hearing the Government being forced to listen.

I'm pleased to say that the Government have agreed to meet with us to discuss the issue further - where we will make our case once again to train all GPs about cUTIs, boost research funding to this issue and other women's health issues and updating the NICE guidelines to reflect the latest understanding of the condition.

I'd like to say a personal thank you to local resident and cUTI sufferer Phoebe Price for her fantastic and tireless work raising this issue, including in making me aware of the scale of the problem. Her perseverance and bravery is fantastic.