Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her policy is on establishing a national policy for neurogenic bowel cancer; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate care is available for people who need it.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department has no plans at present to establish a national policy on neurogenic bowel disorder. To help ensure that patients with neurogenic bowel receive timely and appropriate care, NHS England has developed a range of guidance, including its Excellence in Continence Care guidance. NHS England has also published a service specification for spinal cord injury services, which makes specific reference to bowel care. It outlines that patients with spinal injury should be provided with advice and care by specialist nursing staff in specialist fields, including in the field of bladder and bowel management. In addition, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on faecal incontinence set out the care that patients with neurogenic bowel should receive, including a neurological bowel management programme.
No estimate has been made of the cost to the National Health Service of a lack of specialist bowel care for patients with neurogenic bowel disorders. Nor has an estimate been made of the costs incurred by the diagnosis and treatment of pressure sores, resulting from inadequate care and other secondary complications.
Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the (a) cost to the NHS of lack of specialist bowel care for patients with neurogenic bowel disorders and (b) additional costs incurred by (i) diagnosis and treatment of pressure sores resulting from inadequate care and (ii) other secondary complications.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department has no plans at present to establish a national policy on neurogenic bowel disorder. To help ensure that patients with neurogenic bowel receive timely and appropriate care, NHS England has developed a range of guidance, including its Excellence in Continence Care guidance. NHS England has also published a service specification for spinal cord injury services, which makes specific reference to bowel care. It outlines that patients with spinal injury should be provided with advice and care by specialist nursing staff in specialist fields, including in the field of bladder and bowel management. In addition, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on faecal incontinence set out the care that patients with neurogenic bowel should receive, including a neurological bowel management programme.
No estimate has been made of the cost to the National Health Service of a lack of specialist bowel care for patients with neurogenic bowel disorders. Nor has an estimate been made of the costs incurred by the diagnosis and treatment of pressure sores, resulting from inadequate care and other secondary complications.
Mar. 19 2024
Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 18 March 2024Found: Bowel conditions 5. Irritable bowel syndrom e.
Jan. 31 2024
Source Page: Progressive Stroke Pathway remit and purpose: FOI releaseFound: Progressive Stroke Pathway remit and purpose: FOI release
Dec. 14 2023
Source Page: SEND futures longitudinal study - discovery phaseFound: children, often due to repeated movement in and out of care, or between placements13. 13 https://
Written Evidence Dec. 12 2023
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Cancer UK Response: The ‘Dispose with Dignity’ campaign aims to raise awareness of male incontinence (bowel
Mentions:
1: Hannah Bardell (SNP - Livingston) , to face up to something that will be lifelong and debilitating.Inflammatory bowel disease care is often - Speech Link
2: Hannah Bardell (SNP - Livingston) continence descriptor, despite the severity of the symptom on everyday life. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) The work includes provision of a right care scenario on inflammatory bowel disease. - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their response to the report prepared by Future Health for Astellas Pharma Who’s Counting: The case for urgent action to improve NHS continence care, published in September.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department has noted the publication of the report. In 2019, NHS England commissioned and led on the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project. The NHS England led project has been delayed due to COVID-19, with as yet no firm date set for publishing its draft report.
NHS England will consider next steps on Excellence in Continence Care through the project, which aims to improve continence care across the whole public health and care system.
Dec. 06 2023
Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 4 December 2023Found: Bowel conditions 5. Irritable bowel syndrom e.
Minutes and decisions Dec. 01 2023
Committee: Backbench Business CommitteeFound: Session 2022-23 List of Subjects Debated Minutes and decisions