Incontact Conference 2001
Incontact’s third annual
conference set a record for the biggest gathering of consumers to date.
Almost 200 people - consumers, health workers and company
representatives - came from all round the country to listen to the
speakers and join discussion in some of the fourteen workshops.
The
atmosphere was buzzing as people heard about the latest advances in
treatment and management of continence problems - and shared their own
thoughts and ideas.
Companies
who had stands in the exhibition area were also enthusiastic about the
event. Helen Standen from Bard, which makes a variety of appliances,
said: "It was fascinating to talk to so many consumers. It really made
me think about our whole product range in a different way - there was
such a lot of useful information coming from participants".
Two new awards were also presented at the conference. The Incontact / ACA Award for Continence Care,
supported by DxU Ltd, was presented to two winning nurses Jean Couper
and Jocelyn Li. Both won a BVI 5000 BladderScan unit. The Incontact Support Network Award was jointly won by three local groups, each one receiving ?100: Redbridge Conti-Care, the Flowline Group and Berkshire Incontact Support Group.
Local
Derby MP Bob Laxton joined DxU Ltd representative Melanie Kearns and
ACA Chairman Jeanette Haslam for presentations of the awards. Incontact’s
Chairman Barry Brooks closed the day with a call to action, asking all
present to work together to raise awareness and demand better services.
A
full report of the conference and what went on in the different
workshops will be published later in the year - look out for more
details in the winter issue of the Incontact magazine.
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