According to a new study, the vaccine could stop infections for nine years

An oral vaccine in the form of a pineapple-flavoured spray prevented recurrent urinary tract infections in 53.9 per cent of clinical trial participants. Oral vaccine prevents recurring UTIs for nine years, trial found. The pineapple-influenced spray prevents recurring infections for more than a decade.

Each year UTI infection leads to 150,000 hospitalisations, costing the NHS £380 million annually. During the study the average infection-free period was four and a half years. Each year the NHS spends £380million annually on treating UTI infections. UTI vaccine could stop infection for 9 years, study claims.

Research has found the treatment can prevent urinary tract infections for up to nine years in more than half of patients. The vaccine is given as a pineapple- flavoured oral spray. The treatment can stop infections for nine years, according to research. The pineapple-flinted spray can be given as an oral spray to prevent infections.

Urinary tract infections lead to 150,000 hospitalisations a year, costing NHS £380m a year. Urinary infections cost the NHS around £380million a year and lead to hospitalisations costing £1bn a year in total. UTI vaccine stops infection for nine years and stops infection in nine years.