Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Clinical Commissioning Groups have put into practice the NHS England Excellence in continence care guidelines published in November 2015.

Excellence in Continence Care is best practice guidance and NHS England does not currently hold information on which clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have put the guidance into practice. However it anticipates auditing CCGs in future in order to capture this information.

NHS England issued a press release and secured significant media coverage to launch the guidance in 2015 and has promoted it to a range of audiences including special interest groups, professional societies and provider organisations.

In addition to media work, NHS England has engaged with key stakeholders who form part of the Excellence in Continence Care Board. The Board membership has evolved over time and has included clinical experts working in National Health Service organisations, patient advocates and representatives. Board members support NHS England to raise awareness of the guidance to special interest groups, patients groups, professionals within their extended networks which recently included the Association of Continence Advisors Conference.