The Lowdown
- Around 14 million people in the UK have urinary incontinence.
- Over 500 000 adults in the UK have faecal incontinence.
- Around 900 000 children and young people in the UK suffer from bladder and bowel dysfunction.
- Incontinence costs the NHS an estimated £3.7 billion annually.
- Incontinence increases the risk of infection, depression, social isolation, falls, admission to hospital, and nursing home placement.
- Stigma, shame and isolation mean that many people are reluctant to seek help. However, incontinence can be improved or eliminated in at least two thirds of people through specialist nursing interventions alone.
Education
Jane provides specialist education and training to care services, residential and nursing homes, registered healthcare professionals, support workers, and informal carers on all aspects of continence and pelvic health care across the lifespan. Her education programmes are evidence-based, clinically practical, and tailored to the needs of individual organisations, teams, and patient populations.
Drawing on almost 30 years of clinical, leadership, and teaching experience, Jane delivers education in bladder and bowel dysfunction, pelvic floor health, continence assessment, catheter care, constipation and faecal incontinence management, neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction, dementia-related continence care, menopause-related pelvic health concerns, and the prevention of avoidable continence-associated complications such as skin damage, urinary tract infection, falls, and loss of dignity.
Her training also covers complex areas including continence care in neurological disease and disability, paediatric continence, post-surgical bladder and bowel management, pelvic pain, obstetric and birth-related pelvic floor injury, stoma-related continence issues, and continence care within palliative and end-of-life settings. Jane has particular expertise in supporting professionals and carers working with individuals with autism, developmental disability, acquired brain injury, cerebral palsy, spinal conditions, and complex behavioural or functional needs.
Education can be delivered in a variety of formats including workshops, clinical skills training, webinars, case-based learning, competency development programmes, conference presentations, and tailored in-service education. Sessions are designed to improve clinical knowledge, promote dignity-centred care, strengthen risk management and safeguarding practices, and support compliance with current professional standards and evidence-based guidelines. Jane is experienced in educating multidisciplinary audiences including nurses, carers, allied health professionals, healthcare assistants, support coordinators, community teams, residential care providers, and family carers. She is recognised for her engaging and accessible teaching style, with a strong focus on translating complex continence and pelvic health concepts into practical, person-centred strategies that improve patient outcomes and quality of life.
Please email janeclarkenursing@gmail.com or call 07767 694 775 for more information, to discuss prices, or to book a consultation.