Commenting on a survey report from the All Party Parliamentary Group for Continence care published today, Dr Kevin Stewart, clinical director of the RCP’s Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit, said:
We are highly supportive of this report because it continues to highlight the issue of continence care and how the services are organised. The survey makes clear that the deterioration in the level of service provision, highlighted in previous RCP audits including the National Audit of Continence Care (2010), has not improved.
Continence services are experiencing an increase in patients who require their specialist care, whilst also experiencing a reduction in specialist staff and no increase in funding for care provision. With a growing elderly population and poorly managed continence care often contributing to the increased risk of falls and fractures in elderly people, the need to address diminishing levels of service provision is paramount.
The Continence Care Services report is available here.
For further information, please contact Hannah Bristow, Clinical Standards communications officer, on +44 (0)20 3075 1447 / 07584 303 784 or email Hannah.Bristow@rcplondon.ac.uk