Britain is in the grip of an epidemic. Not one that grabs the news headlines, triggers lockdowns or dominates the agenda at Cabinet meetings.
And it certainly doesn’t have the same fear factor as Covid-19.
Yet urinary tract infections make life a misery for millions. One in two women in the UK are affected at some point in their lives.
Nearly a third suffer repeat episodes that can leave them doubled up in agony (‘like peeing razor blades’ is how