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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health.

NICE produces guidance in three areas of health:

Public health - guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention of ill health for those working in the NHS, local authorities and the wider public and voluntary sector

Health technologies - guidance on the use of new and existing medicines, treatments and procedures within the NHS

Clinical practice - guidance on the appropriate treatment and care of people with specific diseases and conditions within the NHS.

NICE Guidelines for Health Professionals: Bowel disorders

You will see below summaries of latest guidelines and implementations from NICE relating to bowel conditions and problems and links to further information.

• Faecal Incontinence Guide for Health Professionals: The management of faecal incontinence in adults. To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Injectable Bulking Agents Guide for Health Professionals: To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Faecal Incontinence: To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.

NICE Guidelines for Patients: Bowel disorders

• Faecal Incontinence Guide for Patients: The management of faecal incontinence in adults. It is written for people with faecal incontinence but it may also be useful for their families or carers or for anyone with an interest in the condition. The booklet aims to help you understand the care and treatment options that should be available in the NHS. It does not describe faecal incontinence or the tests or treatments for it in detail. To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Injectable Bulking Agents Guide for Patients: Faecal incontinence is when a person loses the ability to control their bowel movements. The procedure involves injecting a material into the muscles around the anus (anal sphincter) with the aim of bulking the sides of the sphincter. Different materials are available to provide the extra strength, and these are called bulking agents. To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Faecal Incontinence: To read these guidlines you'l need to visit the NICE website.
  

NICE Guidelines for Health Professionals: Bladder disorders

You will see below summaries of latest guidelines and implementations and issues under development and review from NICE relating to bladder conditions and problems and links to further information.

• Single-incision sub-urethral short tape insertion for stress urinary incontinence in women: To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Surgical repair of vaginal wall prolapse using mesh: To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Urinary incontinence: The management of urinary incontinence in women. To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Urge Incontinence: To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.

NICE Guidelines and Implementations for Patients: Bladder disorders

• Single-incision sub-urethral short tape insertion for stress urinary incontinence in women: To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Surgical repair of vaginal wall prolapse using mesh: To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Urinary incontinence: The management of urinary incontinence in women. This NICE guideline covers the care of women with urinary incontinence. It gives advice on treatments for several types of urinary incontinence, stress and urge incontinence occuring together. To read these guidines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Urge Incontinence: To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.
• Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: The management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men. To read these guidlines you'll need to visit the NICE website.

Evidence Updates

Evidence Updates from NHS Evidence – a service provided by NICE, focuses on a summary of selected new evidence relevant to NICE clinical guidelines.

Evidence Updates do not replace current accredited guidance, but they do highlight new evidence that might generate a future change in practice. By producing these Evidence Updates NHS Evidence seeks to reduce the need for individuals, managers and commissioners to search for new evidence and to inform guidance developers of new evidence in their field.

A New Evidence Update on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms has been published and is called Evidence Update 11. Please visit the NICE website to view this update.