About this toolkit

The Urology Specialty Delivery Group (SDG) has been established to support, innovate and develop high quality urology services across NHS Scotland, reducing unwarranted variation, promoting a best-in-class and where appropriate once-for-Scotland approach.

The group is multi-disciplinary, including Urologists, Operational Managers and Nursing staff, with appropriate nominated representation from all regional NHS Boards.

The group continues to develop national pathways for high volume conditions.

Over time more pathways will be added to this toolkit.

Katie Aitken, National Improvement Advisor - katie.aitken2@nhs.scot

CfSD Project Management Office: gjnh.cfsdpmo@gjnh.scot.nhs.uk.

An accessibility check of the toolkit was done in January 2026 using the RDS standard operating procedure. The accessibility of the RDS platform technology is confirmed in the RDS accessibility statement at the bottom of every website page.

The Urology pathways toolkit was published in January 2026 with the 'Recurrent urinary tract infection pathway'.

This toolkit has a three year review cycle.

Additional pathways will be added in the future.

The CfSD PMO will monitor the requirement for review.

The 'Recurrent urinary tract infection pathway' has been approved by the CfSD Pathways group for publication. The next review date for 'Recurrent urinary tract infection' is January 2029, or sooner if a change is flagged.

Governance of content is overseen by the CfSD Project Management Office and CfSD Pathways Group.

Toolkit has been processed through the CfSD Project Management Office and approved by the CfSD Pathways Approval Group in December 2025.

All content has been checked for copyright compliance.

Icons are sourced from Flaticon.com, accessed through the licence held by Tactuum Ltd as software provider of the RDS platform. 

Feedback and complaints will be processed through the CfSD Project Management Office.

CfSD Project Management Office email: gjnh.cfsdpmo@gjnh.scot.nhs.uk.

The content has been risk assessed:

• The toolkit does not qualify as a medical device
• The toolkit does not store or process person-identifiable information.

User testing was conducted in November 2025 to assure usability, navigation, readability and appropriate formatting.