Ben Ayres

their follow-up clinic appointment that you're not just thinking of the clinical you're not just looking for disease recurrence and checking the you know wounds have healed it's important that you do have that ability to open up discussion around how the surgery has impacted the patient how it's impacted them psychologically how it's impacted their ability to pass urine

their follow-up clinic appointment that you're not just thinking of the clinical you're not just looking for disease recurrence and checking the you know wounds have healed it's important that you do have that ability to open up discussion around how the surgery has impacted the patient how it's impacted them psychologically how it's impacted their ability to pass urine

How maybe no longer being able to use a urinal and needing to go in and use a cubicle, how that might have made them start to feel socially isolated. You know, I've had patients tell me they stopped going to watch their football or soccer match or rugby or other sporting event because they felt isolated. They have felt that people will pick up that they're not using the urinal properly.

How maybe no longer being able to use a urinal and needing to go in and use a cubicle, how that might have made them start to feel socially isolated. You know, I've had patients tell me they stopped going to watch their football or soccer match or rugby or other sporting event because they felt isolated. They have felt that people will pick up that they're not using the urinal properly.

How maybe no longer being able to use a urinal and needing to go in and use a cubicle, how that might have made them start to feel socially isolated. You know, I've had patients tell me they stopped going to watch their football or soccer match or rugby or other sporting event because they felt isolated. They have felt that people will pick up that they're not using the urinal properly.

when they all go into the toilet at the break at half time. Likewise, they may stop seeing friends down the pub for similar reasons. They don't want to have to answer those awkward questions around using a cubicle. So it's important to try and help the patients open up and then be able to try and discuss some solutions that they might be able to follow. Another

when they all go into the toilet at the break at half time. Likewise, they may stop seeing friends down the pub for similar reasons. They don't want to have to answer those awkward questions around using a cubicle. So it's important to try and help the patients open up and then be able to try and discuss some solutions that they might be able to follow. Another

when they all go into the toilet at the break at half time. Likewise, they may stop seeing friends down the pub for similar reasons. They don't want to have to answer those awkward questions around using a cubicle. So it's important to try and help the patients open up and then be able to try and discuss some solutions that they might be able to follow. Another

consequence of the surgery is lymphedema. So again, having access to expert lymphedema therapists and being able to put patients in the direction of specialist lymphedema services is really important. One of the things that has been used by some units here in the United Kingdom are patient reported outcome measures.

consequence of the surgery is lymphedema. So again, having access to expert lymphedema therapists and being able to put patients in the direction of specialist lymphedema services is really important. One of the things that has been used by some units here in the United Kingdom are patient reported outcome measures.

consequence of the surgery is lymphedema. So again, having access to expert lymphedema therapists and being able to put patients in the direction of specialist lymphedema services is really important. One of the things that has been used by some units here in the United Kingdom are patient reported outcome measures.

So by sending that documentation out to the patient ahead of their clinic appointment and asking them to fill that questionnaire in, it almost is unlocking those questions and giving the patient permission to say, look, these are the sort of things we expect to talk about in the consultation, but you're allowing them to fill those questions in before they come to clinic.

So by sending that documentation out to the patient ahead of their clinic appointment and asking them to fill that questionnaire in, it almost is unlocking those questions and giving the patient permission to say, look, these are the sort of things we expect to talk about in the consultation, but you're allowing them to fill those questions in before they come to clinic.

So by sending that documentation out to the patient ahead of their clinic appointment and asking them to fill that questionnaire in, it almost is unlocking those questions and giving the patient permission to say, look, these are the sort of things we expect to talk about in the consultation, but you're allowing them to fill those questions in before they come to clinic.

So it allows you then in the clinic to say, I've seen your questionnaire and you've mentioned that you're having trouble passing urine. Let's discuss that more. So again, it can help break down some of those barriers in communication because some patients don't want to

So it allows you then in the clinic to say, I've seen your questionnaire and you've mentioned that you're having trouble passing urine. Let's discuss that more. So again, it can help break down some of those barriers in communication because some patients don't want to

So it allows you then in the clinic to say, I've seen your questionnaire and you've mentioned that you're having trouble passing urine. Let's discuss that more. So again, it can help break down some of those barriers in communication because some patients don't want to

trouble the doctor with their problems or they feel that if they mention what they're going through, the doctor may see that as criticism of their surgery. So again, by breaking down those barriers, I think that's a really, really important thing that can be done. So holistic approach, using patient-reported outcome measures, clearly having access to

trouble the doctor with their problems or they feel that if they mention what they're going through, the doctor may see that as criticism of their surgery. So again, by breaking down those barriers, I think that's a really, really important thing that can be done. So holistic approach, using patient-reported outcome measures, clearly having access to

trouble the doctor with their problems or they feel that if they mention what they're going through, the doctor may see that as criticism of their surgery. So again, by breaking down those barriers, I think that's a really, really important thing that can be done. So holistic approach, using patient-reported outcome measures, clearly having access to