Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve bowel care for people with spinal cord injuries.
To support improved bowel care for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) NHS England has published a service specification setting out what providers must have in place to deliver SCI services. This includes specialist multidisciplinary teams providing advice and care in bowel management, including promoting and manging continence.