Incontinence: Medical Treatments

(asked on 25th October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy that continence challenges should be (a) considered and (b) treated by NHS England to be a long-term condition.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 30th October 2019

Continence challenges are already being considered as part of the National Bowel and Bladder Health Project to support the delivery of the ambitions of the Excellence in Continence Care Programme within the National Health Service. This is led by NHS England and NHS Improvement and is aimed at improving the experience of care for patients and their carers.

This programme will work towards a model of care which takes into account the expertise and resources of the people with long-term conditions and their communities, which the National Bowel and Bladder project aims to support via the clinical pathway workstreams. This will help to provide a holistic approach to patient care and lives, and help individuals achieve the best outcomes possible.

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