Bladder Cancer Minimum Standards
Bladder Cancer Minimum Standards
The rapid referral guidance toolkit produced by Macmillan Cancer Support contains the NICE referral guidelines for suspected cancer. There are also accompanying notes from Macmillan GPs and GP advisers. It’s been produced by GPs for GPs with the aim of providing support, guidance and practical referral recommendations.
Macmillan’s Rapid Referral Guidelines are based on NICE guidance. This toolkit supports all of the recommendations in the NICE guideline on suspected cancer: recognition and referral apart from those relating to specific childhood cancers.
Bladder cancer
Urgent referral
Urgently refer people (appointment within two weeks) if they are:
- aged 45 and over with either:
- unexplained visible haematuria without urinary tract infection or
- visible haematuria that persists or recurs after successful treatment of urinary tract infection
- aged 60 and over with unexplained non-visible haematuria and either:
- dysuria or
- a raised white cell count on a blood test.
Non-urgent referral
Consider referring people aged 60 and over with recurrent or persistent urinary tract infection that is unexplained.
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