ASCN Home News News Archive Please view our Archived News articles: Filter by type All Members News Trainee Blogs Archived by date All January 2023 December 2022 September 2022 April 2022 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 December 2020 November 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 November 2019 October 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 August 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 February 2018 October 2017 August 2017 February 2017 Wet Colostomy Guidelines updated 16 Jan 2023 ASCN UK is delighted to announce that there is a new update to the Wet Colostomy Guidelines These guidelines consist of information for patients and their families/carers on what to expect with a Colorectal: Pelvic Exenteration operation,... Read more BNJ Stoma Care Nurse of the Year Award 05 Dec 2022 Nominations now open Read more Statement from the ASCN UK Committee regarding the passing of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II 09 Sep 2022 Statement from the ASCN UK Committee regarding the passing of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II The ASCN UK Committee wish to express their sincerest sorrow at the passing of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II. Our sympathy is... Read more Register now for ASCN UK 2022 13 Apr 2022 Register and submit your abstract! ASCN UK 2022 Conference theme: Together Again - Demonstrating the Value of the Specialist Stoma Care Nurse We are delighted to be able to welcome you to the Association of Stoma Care Nurses UK (ASCN UK) Annual Conference which will be held at the... Read more ASCN UK Stoma Care Nursing Standards and Audit Tool available in the members area 13 Aug 2021 It is with great delight that the ASCN UK announce that the Stoma Care Nursing Standards and Audit Tool for the Newborn to the Elderly have been reviewed, and updated. I would like to thank all of the committee, Wendy Osborne and the endorsing... Read more ASCN UK Convexity Guidelines available in the members area 13 Jul 2021 ASCN UK is delighted to announce that there is a new addition to their Guidelines portfolio, the convexity guideline. The use of Convexity is the latest recommendation to be included in the ever increasing catalogue of valuable resources... Read more MHRA Register of Experts 04 Jun 2021 Message from Mark Grumbridge My name is Mark Grumbridge and I am a senior clinical advisor at the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). MHRA is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom which is responsible... Read more Pouch Patient Alert 28 May 2021 It has been brought to our attention that the producer of the Medina catheters in Europe intends to stop production in the near future. This will directly impact those with an Ileoanal Pouch or Kock Pouch, if they currently use Medina... Read more ASCN UK Hospital Directory 10 May 2021 Updated 10th May 2021 ASCN UK have updated the printable version of the hospital directory. Members can access the hospital directory via the members area, The hospitals are listed alphabetically within geographical areas for ease of reference with as many... Read more IA Visitors Survey 29 Apr 2021 Long regarded as one of the cornerstones of IA, the opportunity to 'listen, inform and support' those who have had, or are considering, surgery to form an ileostomy or internal pouch, is a very important aspect of the support on offer from... Read more WCET® - ASCN UK 2021 Joint Congress Update 17 Mar 2021 Postponed until 2024 It is with regret that we once again have had to make the very difficult decision to postpone the WCET®-ASCN UK 2021 Joint Congress, which was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland from 3 – 6 October 2021. The WCET®... Read more Colostomy UK Telephone Befriending Service 19 Feb 2021 Colostomy UK are delighted to have launched our new Telephone Befriending Service thanks to funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund. This new service aims to support ostomates who... Read more STOPPS study: STOma formation - the Perception of Patients and Surgeons on communication 11 Feb 2021 During a Delphi exercise conducted by the Association of Coloproctology Great Britain and Ireland, it was found that many patients were unsatisfied with the communication around stoma formation and felt that it was considered, and as such, discussed... Read more BJN Awards 2021 Deadline Extended 15 Dec 2020 Monday 11th January 2021 The BJN Awards looks to commemorate hard work, dedication and achievement within the nursing community. If you feel that you or a colleague have gone the extra mile this year to deliver the best possible support to patients, improved patient's... Read more New Guidelines Available for Download 03 Dec 2020 We are delighted to present three new clinical guidelines in 2020. These are on ileo-anal pouches, Koch pouches and pyoderma gangrenosum. Two of these were presented at the 2020 virtual conference which you can access on demand via the Virtual... Read more Philip Salt Stoma Care Nurse of the Year Award 2020 Winner - Wendy Osborne 19 Nov 2020 CONGRATULATIONS Wendy has worked within the specialism of stoma care for approximately 25 years, initially as a clinical nurse specialist in Oxford, before moving to Cheltenham as Lead Nurse and currently at Coloplast Healthcare. During her 13 years with Coloplast,... Read more Amended Regulations regarding AUR’s 17 Sep 2020 Following discussions with NHSE and NHSI and the DHSC, as of 1st September 2020, the Advanced and Enhanced Service Directions 2013 regulations has been amended to reflect two changes for Appliance Use Reviews (AURs): Permitting documented... Read more WCET® Worldwide Education Webinar 27 Aug 2020 SAVE THE DATE Join WCET® 28th October to 30th November for the WCET® Worldwide Education Webinar! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WCET® and ASCN UK agreed to regretfully postpone the October 2020 Congress in Glasgow to 3-6... Read more Tenth Edition of The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures 29 Jul 2020 The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has recently been updated for the Tenth edition. This is a popular Manual used all over the world. Jackie McPhail, Honorary Secretary ASCN UK, who has an Honorary Contract as a CNS Stoma... Read more Introducing GINcast: the Gastrointestinal Nursing Podcast 27 Jul 2020 We would like to introduce you to GINcast: the Gastrointestinal Nursing Podcast—the first and only podcast for nurses working in gastroenterology, hepatology and stoma care. Over 18 years, the journal Gastrointestinal Nursing (GIN) has... Read more Back to News Home First1234Last