Dr. Louise Newson

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9,319 appearances 45 recordings 5 series first heard Apr 2025 last heard 10 Sep

Dr. Louise Newson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Dr Louise Newson Podcast · 100 – Sepsis, UTIs & quadruple amputation: Kim’s story · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

But it's really difficult.

As a doctor, I've seen hundreds of thousands of women with urinary tract infections.

How do I decide who doesn't need an antibiotic?

And actually, we also know that it's not always in the urine test because sometimes you can come back with a negative test, but people still have an infection, which I'm sure you've heard of.

I've

So, but also as a GP, it can take two or three days or longer if it's over the weekend for a result.

So then what do I do as a GP?

Do I wait for the result or do I treat the woman?

And so it can be very, very difficult.

My sister had a kidney problem and she had to have an operation when she was young and she's very prone to urinary tract infections.

And she knows very early on whether she's got an infection or not.

But so many times she's been told you can't have antibiotics because we haven't got the urine test result back.

But she knows if she has a short course and gets on top of it, it's a lot better.

So it can be very difficult to know because guidelines will say different things, different doctor's things.

But actually...

Like I was saying to you before we started recording, my job as a doctor is to listen to patients.

And often women know if it's an infection or not.

And if it is, then they often need antibiotics.

Kidney pain, fever, really can take a hold as it did for you very quickly.

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