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<p><ins class="ministerial">The legislation under which NHS England and clinical commissioning
groups (CCGs) commission services requires them to arrange for the provision of services
for which they are responsible, to such extent as they consider necessary to meet
all reasonable requirements.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">For CCGs, this includes
offering continence services as part of their obligation to provide community health.
Although CCGs often focus on prevention and treatment, it is expected any standard
continence service should include access to products. </ins><del class="ministerial">There
is no legal requirement to supply these products.</del> The criteria for the provisioning
of continence products are set by individual <del class="ministerial">clinical commissioning
groups (</del>CCGs<del class="ministerial">)</del>. To support CCGs, NHS England has
recently published new guidance to help improve the care and experience of children
and adults with continence issues. This encourages much greater collaboration between
health and social care.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the guidance <em>Excellence in continence
care</em> is attached.</p><p> </p>
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