Laura Rimmer is a Urogynaecology Nurse Specialist at HMT St Hugh’s Hospital in Grimsby, and Lead Nurse for urogynaecology services in the Hull area. She provides assessment and treatment for urinary incontinence, vaginal prolapse, pelvic floor problems and continence concerns, leads nurse-led pessary clinics, and is trained and certified in urodynamic assessment.

Pelvic health is the area of medicine people put up with for longest. Women routinely live with leaking, prolapse or a bladder that dictates their day for years before mentioning it, often assuming it is simply what happens after childbirth or with age. It is very common. It is not something you have to accept, and a great deal of it improves substantially without surgery. The first appointment is usually the hardest part, and it is more straightforward and less awkward than most people expect.

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About Laura

Laura is an experienced Lead Nurse specialising in urogynaecology, providing care for women across the Hull area and privately at HMT St Hugh’s Hospital in Grimsby. She runs her own specialist women’s health clinics within the urogynaecology service at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Her specialist role covers the assessment, diagnosis and management of urinary incontinence, vaginal prolapse, perineal trauma after childbirth, pelvic floor dysfunction and bladder and bowel disorders. She is skilled in vaginal assessment, pelvic floor evaluation and conservative management, which means treatment that avoids surgery wherever it can.

She is Lead Nurse for the nurse-led pessary clinics, overseeing pessary care and providing training and competency assessment for other staff. She is also trained and certified in urodynamic assessment, and conducts and interprets bladder function tests used to diagnose bladder outflow dysfunction, stress incontinence and overactive bladder.

Her wider clinical experience covers urology and gynaecology for both men and women, including catheter care, intermittent self-catheterisation, wound care, post-operative review and conservative bladder management.

Alongside her clinical work, Laura works within a multidisciplinary team, contributes to research and service development in urogynaecology, and supports junior staff through training and mentorship.

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Areas of expertise

Prolapse and pessary care

• Vaginal and pelvic organ prolapse
• Pessary fitting, review and replacement
• Ongoing pessary management
• Conservative (non-surgical) management of prolapse

Bladder and continence

• Stress urinary incontinence
• Urge incontinence and overactive bladder
• Mixed incontinence
• Bladder outflow dysfunction
• Urinary frequency and urgency
• Night-time urination
• Bladder retraining
• Conservative bladder management

Bladder assessment

• Urodynamic studies
• Interpretation of bladder function tests
• Bladder diary review and assessment

Pelvic floor

• Pelvic floor dysfunction
• Pelvic floor assessment and evaluation
• Pelvic floor muscle training advice
• Pelvic floor weakness after childbirth

After childbirth

• Perineal trauma following childbirth
• Postnatal pelvic floor problems
• Postnatal continence concerns

Bowel and wider continence

• Bowel and continence concerns
• Combined bladder and bowel symptoms