Incontinence

(asked on 28th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have a diagnosis of incontinence.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 5th February 2019

NHS England published revised guidance on Continence Care in July 2018 which is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/excellence-in-continence-care.pdf

This guidance states that in the United Kingdom an estimated 14 million men, women, young people and children of all ages are living with bladder problems, 900,000 children and young people suffer from bladder and bowel dysfunction, and 6.5 million adults suffer with some form of bowel problem.

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