title: Desperate for improvement.
abstract: It was hard to find anyone with anything polite to say about the findings of the national audit of continence care published late last year by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). 'Inadequate and incomplete' was the college's own muted description of continence services, while others, such as the Alzheimer's Society chose harsher words. 'Appalling', 'disgraceful' and 'shocking' were three of them. The Continence Foundation was at pains to point out that although the findings came as no surprise, there were many dedicated staff working hard to improve treatment for those who suffer incontinence - a point worth underlining before considering the painful detail of the audit results.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allen