Sep. 05 2023
Source Page: Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptorsFound: Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptors
Sep. 05 2023
Source Page: Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptorsFound: Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptors
Asked by: Lennon, Monica (Scottish Labour - Central Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it can improve access to free continence pads for men living with prostate cancer, in particular, those who experience bladder and bowel incontinence, including awareness of whether pads are available free of charge and how they can access them.
Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
NHS Boards regularly assess continence patients’ needs, with the assessments undertaken by dedicated Bladder and Bowel Teams or community nursing staff. This ensures that patients’ needs are met, either through treatment or through provision of appropriate containment products. Referrals can also be made by patients’ GPs where necessary, and also by a range of other healthcare professionals including pharmacists, consultants, and care home staff.
Where a patient has been assessed as requiring continence products, these are provided by their local NHS Board’s continence service on prescription. As such, any person that is suffering from incontinence, such as men living with prostate cancer, should seek a referral to their local continence service in order that their incontinence can be assessed, treated where appropriate, or managed through the prescription of continence products.
Written Evidence Jul. 20 2023
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: DGE0001 - Digital transformation in government: addressing barriers to efficiency North of Tyne Primary Care
Written Evidence Jul. 20 2023
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Simple Dressing Immunisation2 2DR IMM20 - 40 Catheterisation Complicated dressing4 4CATH Comp DR 40 - 60 Continence
Mentions:
1: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) all-party parliamentary group for bladder and bowel continence care, following the excellent work of - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Thank you for allowing me to speak, Sir Graham, on the subject of bladder and bowel continence care. - Speech Link
3: Will Quince (CON - Colchester) bladder and bowel health project to improve continence care. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) and bowel continence care. - Speech Link
Found: Bladder and bowel continence care
Oral Evidence Jun. 20 2023
Inquiry: Proposals for backbench debatesFound: The first application, from Mr Andrew Selous, is on the subject of bladder and bowel continence care
Correspondence Jun. 05 2023
Inquiry: Experiences of the Complex Mesh Surgical ServiceFound: Complex Mesh Surgical Service Minister follow up Letter from the Minister for Public Health and Women's