Bladder & Bowel Services Map

What is the Bladder and Bowel Service map?

This Bladder and Bowel Service map has been developed as a resource to raise awareness of bladder and bowel service providers. The map provides locations, website links and contact details for both adult and paediatric services. It can also be searched to identify specific services, types of service, and regional provision, which we hope will help to target the use of the map.

Who is the Bladder and Bowel Service map for?

The map is intended for use by:

• People who may have bladder and bowel symptoms to find service locations,
• Carers of people who have symptoms,
• Staff working in bladder and bowel services to enable collaboration and easier identification of fellow service providers, regionally and nationally,
• Researchers to facilitate connection with bladder and bowel services enabling efficient activity in this area,
• Educators who may wish to reach bladder and bowel services to share training opportunities or collaborate for further developments,
• Anyone wishing to share outputs among the bladder and bowel service community that will help to inform the provision of continence care. For example, policy documents, research papers, project reports, good practice documents, guidelines.

Why was the Bladder and Bowel Service map developed?

The map was developed as we realised there was no easy way of connecting with the bladder and bowel service community given that there was no overall comprehensive list. We identified as many services as we could to undertake a specific project and felt the effort taken to locate these services could benefit others working in this space and enable a more joined up community to advance care for people with incontinence.

This is not a complete list and currently only covers England, but we are keen to expand this and be as inclusive as possible. We would be delighted for you to add your service, or a service you are aware of, to the database to enable the resource to be as complete and helpful as possible, please contact Professor Nikki Cotterill [email protected].

Please also advise us of any errors to help us make this as useful as possible. We recognise service provision changes and will require an annual update to ensure the reliability of the resource, so will be in touch periodically to confirm current details.

All details included are publicly available and comply with GDPR regulations.

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