INTEGRATED CONTINENCE SERVICES:
Making it Happen

Conference following-up one held in London on 16 October 2002 (that one was fully booked)

18 November 2003
Bodington Hall, Leeds University

Count down to April 2004: “All local health and social care systems should have established an integrated continence service,” NSF for Older People, Milestone in Standard 2.

Conference for anyone involved in planning and commissioning continence services: primary, secondary and tertiary health services, social services and education, independent sector providers, manufacturers of products and pharmaceuticals.

Provisional Programme

10.0 Welcome: Dr. Judith Wardle, Director of the Continence Foundation

10.05 Introduction: morning session chaired by Mr. Chris Chapple, consultant Urologist

10.10 Keynote speech. Dr. David Colin-Thome, GP and Primary Care lead at Dept. of Health

10.50 Sue Thomas, Policy & Practice Advisor RCN: “Final report on the joint Project by the Continence Foundation and the RCN Continence Care Forum monitoring the implementation of the DoH guidance Good Practice in Continence Services.”

11.30 Coffee

11.50 Workshops

12.40 Lunch

1.40 Dr. Adrian Wagg, “Progress on the NICE/Royal College of Physicians audit of continence services for older people”

2.20 “Directors/Clinical leads” for continence services: the experience so far: Karen Logan, Consultant Nurse in continence care, Gwent and a Maggie Jarrold, physiotherapist, clinical lead, Sheffield

3.05 Workshops repeated

4.05 Feedback and Action Points

4.30 Tea

Workshops on the “how to” of creating various aspects of an integrated continence service.

Delegate fees : £80.00 (Friends £65.00)

Application Forms now available. Early booking advised.

Last updated 23.09.0