The Paediatric Continence Forum has launched its new Guide (September 2019) on how to commission and run integrated, nurse-led, community-based paediatric continence services. These are clinically effective, improve the lives of children and their families and generate significant cost savings for the NHS. Bladder and bowel (continence) problems affect more than 900,000 children and young […]

Two members of the Paediatric Continence Forum, ERIC and Bladder & Bowel UK have published new guidance for school leaders, proprietors, governors, staff and practitioners. The document provides best practice regarding bladder and bowel issues and toileting in schools. The guidance is supported by a short film and provides clear, concise guidance for school leaders, proprietors, governors, staff […]

The Paediatric Continence Forum are taking part in the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project, which is supported by the Clinical and Product Assurance (CaPA) team of NHS Supply Chain. The project aims to improve continence care across the whole health and care system that is being led by NHS England.

The Paediatric Forum’s Children’s Continence Commissioning Guide was featured in last winter’s edition of the Association for Continence Advice newsletter. The article gives an overview of the guide and encourages readers to make commissioners aware of it. The article also explains  some of the work that the PCF does in identifying areas of poor commissioning and reaching […]

Read the Children’s Continence Commissioning Guide 2019. The Paediatric Continence Forum has launched its new Guide (September 2019) on how to commission and run integrated, nurse-led, community-based paediatric continence services. These are clinically effective, improve the lives of children and their families and generate significant cost savings for the NHS. Bladder and bowel (continence) problems […]

Dr Penny Dobson MBE, Chair of the Paediatric Continence Forum, recently appeared on BBC Wales to discuss the growing lack of support for children living with bladder and bowel continence issues. “I think many will be suffering in silence,” she said. “It’s a neglected area of child health but the effects on the child and […]

Guidelines from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) say that people with bladder and bowel problems from birth to 19 years old should have access to integrated, community-based paediatric continence service led by a specialist nurse. In 2017, just one of the seven Welsh health boards provided the recommended service, according […]

Although she promised to resign upon her Brexit deal being voted through, Prime Minister, Theresa May, kicked the notion into the long grass when the Brexit deadline was extended until the 31st October. This week, senior Conservatives ruled out changing their rules to allow for an early challenge to Theresa May’s leadership, but have asked […]

Representatives from the PCF attended the Urology Trade Association’s (UTA) annual Parliamentary Reception last Thursday. The event, hosted by the UTA and sponsored by the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Continence Care, Rosie Cooper MP, brought together urology device manufacturers, suppliers, charities, forums and Parliamentarians. Speaking at the event, Ms. Cooper highlighted the […]