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Benefits of nurse-led continence prescription services for effective stock management and streamlined prescribing

02 September 2019
Product Focus
02 September 2019
Volume 24 · Issue 9

Abstract

The UK has an ageing population, and with continence-related issues expected to rise, there will be increasing demands for specialist input within nurse-led continence prescription services. Continence nurse specialists can apply expert product knowledge to ensure patients are prescribed bladder and bowel appliances that are of high quality, the most appropriate product for the patient and also cost effective. The management of catheter drainage and fixation supplies can be challenging, particularly for services managing caseloads of multiple patients living with catheters. Ugo 4 Weeks has been created to help streamline the process of ordering continence products and reducing appliance wastage for catheterised patients living in the community setting. Each box provides a 4-week supply of catheter drainage and fixation supplies and can be prescribed on a single prescription. It enables better control over stock levels, reducing the risk of accidental over-ordering and stockpiling, thereby generating significant cost savings.

Since the inception of the NHS 70 years ago, the pressure to deliver high quality, accessible public healthcare while generating efficiency savings has never been a more pressing and topical issue. The UK has an increasing ageing population, with 20.2% of the population predicted to be aged 65 years and over by 2027 (Age UK, 2018; Office for National Statistics, 2018). Urinary incontinence is known to increase in prevalence with older age (Gibson et al, 2016). Therefore, it can be assumed that the number of community patients requiring input from continence nurse specialists is set to increase, as are the number of prescriptions for continence appliances. This increase in continence prescribing was previously evidenced in 2007/08, when prescribing for continence products increased by 5.2%, compared to 0.45% for overall prescribing (Mangnall et al, 2010).

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Nurse prescribing
Catheterisation
Continence
Stock management
Ugo 4 Weeks
Cost-effective prescribing