Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project plans to use the Excellence in Continence Care Guidelines to inform the development of clinical standards and pathways.

There are currently no plans to incorporate the recommendations from the Excellence in Continence Care Guidelines into the work of the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project (NBBP). The NBBP has a specific remit to look at clinical standards for bladder, bowel, paediatrics and stoma care pathways. It is anticipated that the NBBP will enhance the guidelines themselves as part of its remit to improve continence care across the whole public health and care system.