Position Statements
LSCMMG has granted interim approval for this position statement ONLY. LSCMMG is aware that each locality, prior to the establishment of the ICB, had adopted the 'Over the counter items that should not be routinely prescribed in primary care policy'.
Interim approval has been granted to provide consistency of advice to prescribers whilst the ICB considers whether to adopt the 'Over the counter items that should not be routinely prescribed in primary care policy' across Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Trans-anal Irrigation Systems are recommended for use within the Lancashire Health Economy for the treatment of Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction and Non-Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction including; chronic constipation and chronic faecal incontinence