PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Incontinence: Health Services (27 November 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2023 to Question 535 on Incontinence: Health Services, when he plans that the framework to be produced by the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project will be published; what the objectives of that Project are; who is leading that Project; with which stakeholders that Project has had discussions; and what the reasons are for the time taken by that Project.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

In 2019, NHS England commissioned and led on the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project. The NHS England led project has been delayed due to COVID-19, with as yet no firm date set for publishing its draft report.

The objectives of the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project are to: oversee the development of evidence-based and patient-focussed care pathways and Commissioning Framework with identified priority areas to improve outcomes for adults, children and young people, ensuring relevance to all care groups; provide leadership and direction, make decisions to steer the progress and delivery of the programme, to support delivery of the ambitions within the Long Term Plan ensuring that the aims of the programme are aligned with the purpose and policy of the health and care system; and raise the profile of bladder and bowel health nationally, ensuring links to relevant groups are maintained and that the patient experience is improved.

There have been no formal stakeholder engagement discussions at this stage.

Answered by:
Andrew Stephenson (Conservative)
30 November 2023