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Raising the voice of specialist stoma care nurses: a call for a national strategy in stoma care

27th Sep 2024

In the UK, stoma care has no national standards, targets or best practice pathway, resulting in significant variation and an undervalued service. As members of […]

CommonGround: Supporting the emotional wellbeing of people with long term conditions – Recruitment closed

17th May 2024

Recruitment Now Closed If you are living with a long term physical health condition which does not include a mental illness as listed on the […]

Mental Health Awareness Week: 13-19 May 2024

14th May 2024

Mental Health Awareness Week: get moving for good mental health Mental Health Awareness Week, 13-19 May, focuses on the theme of ‘Movement: moving more for […]

IA Information Day 2023 – Video Presentations

18th Oct 2023

If you were unable to attend IA’s information day this year we are pleased to share that the video presentations from each of our speakers […]

Advancing Stoma Care Services: Evidence-based Proposals for a Best Practice Pathway (ASCS)

9th Oct 2023

Today at the Association of Stoma Care Nurses UK Annual Conference, closely following on from Ostomy Awareness Day, Coloplast UK and Ireland has announced that […]

One2One Support Volunteer Training

31st Aug 2023

We’re pleased to announce dates for the next online “Effective Communication Skills” course for IA members wishing to become One2One Support Volunteers. This is a […]

IA Information Day 2022

13th May 2022

The 2022 IA Information Day was again delivered online, which meant even more people could join the event live and participate in the talks and […]

Breaking The Stigma – BBC Spotlight Video

26th Dec 2020

IA’s PR Manager, Caroline Bramwell, took to BBC Spotlight recently to talk about life with a stoma. Giving a frank interview, Caroline shared how she’d […]

Group meetings are postponed

17th Dec 2020

Following the national charity’s decision to postpone the Information Day on 28 March 2020, and given the continued escalation in the situation with Coronavirus (Covid-19), […]

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