ICS (UK)
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The International Continence
Society (UK section) has over 380 members and holds a
multidisciplinary, two-day annual scientific meeting
covering all aspects of continence. Apart from being a forum
for complete work and guest lectures, the meeting encourages
the presentation and discussion of "work in progress" or
"ideas for research".
The 1998 meeting of the society was
held in Cambridge in April under the chairmanship of Dr John
Williamson. Over 200 participants, from a variety of
professional backgrounds, enjoyed a good scientific and
social event. The programme included 36 oral presentations
and 33 posters on wide-ranging aspects of continence
together with keynote lectures by Dr Clive Bartram on
Pelvic Floor
Imaging and by Dr Jo
Laycock on Physiotherapy and
the Management of Incontinence. David Pollock from the Continence
Foundation brought the members up to date on the political
front with a talk entitled Incontinence and the New
Government.
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The first meeting of the ICS (UK) took place
in Bristol in April 1994 and was the idea of Paul Abrams (the
Honorary Secretary of the International Continence Society). It
comprised a mixture of guest lectures, proffered papers and a
workshop on continence services. The participants were from a variety
of backgrounds and included urologists, gynaecologists, nurses,
physiotherapists, physiologists, neurophysiologists, pharmacologists
and even a vet. Annual meetings have since been held in Bristol
(1995), Oxford (1996), Newcastle (1997) and Cambridge (1998).
The 1998 meeting of the society was held in
Cambridge in April under the chairmanship of Dr John Williamson. Over
200 participants, from a variety of professional backgrounds, enjoyed
a good scientific and social event. The programme included 36 oral
presentations and 33 posters on wide-ranging aspects of continence
together with keynote lectures by Dr Clive Bartram on Pelvic Floor Imaging
and by Dr Jo Laycock on Physiotherapy
and the Management of Incontinence.
David Pollock from the Continence Foundation brought the members up
to date on the political front with a talk entitled Incontinence and the New Government.
The meeting attracted 14 exhibition stands
and the GyneCare division of Ethicon provided a prize for the best
presentation. This was awarded to Tim Burton for a talk entitled
The nature of ionic transport across
the rabbit urinary bladder and its implications for sensory
function.
The 1999 meeting will be held in Edinburgh
on 8th and 9th April. Although this is a national event, we warmly
welcome any person who is working in the field of continence who is
in the UK during this time.
Gordon Hosker