§ Earl Howeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether any guidance on best practice has been issued to primary care trusts, concerning the benefits of dedicated paediatric continence services. [HL4586]
§ Baroness AndrewsGood Practice in Continence Services was issued by the Department of Health in April 2000, and provides guidance to primary care trusts (PCTs) on continence services. Copies are available in the Library. This includes that PCTs should have specialist continence services in place which provide patients with an individual assessment of their needs. This assessment should include the provision of continence products to any patient who needs them.
§ Earl Howeasked Her Majesty's Government:
What assessment they have made of how the Children's National Service Framework will benefit children with nocturnal enuresis; and [HL4587]
Whether the Children's National Service Framework will set out suggested interventions and services for children with continence conditions, which primary care trusts would be expected to establish; and [HL4588]
Which aspects of the Children's National Service Framework will promote the need for primary Care Trusts to address the adequacy of paediatric continence services in their respective areas; and [HL4589]
Whether the Children's National Service Framework will include standards on treating and managing continence conditions in children through integrated paediatric continence services. [HL4590]
§ Baroness AndrewsThe Children's National Service Framework will set out standards covering a broad range of services, including the management of common childhood conditions. Whilst few specific conditions will be covered, the standards are likely to cover what support should be available to children and their parents in managing a wide range of conditions and problems, including enuresis. The NSF will emphasise the promotion of evidence-based clinical guidelines and a number of examples of good practice in a range of different areas.