A UK provider of self-diagnostic tests has launched a UTI at-home self-test as new figures show doctors spend 8 million hours a year testing patients for water infections. The test is designed to free up busy GPs and save the NHS up to £300m every year.
The UTI test is now on the shelves at Tesco supermarkets and is also available online for patients. Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are responsible for roughly eight million GP visits each year (which equates to £295 million in doctor’s time). The newfoundland UTI pack - containing three tests - retails for £9.87, one-third of the price of its high street competitors.
NHS wait times have seen 40 per cent of those seeking a diagnostic test had to wait more than four weeks, with 13 per cent waiting for over twelve weeks.
