Ensuring access to a full range of specialists who work together

Good IBD care should involve lots of different healthcare professionals, including your GP and specialists for skin, joints, and eyes, it needs to be well-coordinated.  This is especially important when young people move from children’s services to adult services – called “transition”

But we know from the IBD patient survey that many teams do not have enough specialists and care is not as well-coordinated as it needs to be.

What are we doing to change this?

Our IBD nurse specialist programme funds the continuing education of IBD nurse specialists and we will continue to campaign for everyone with Crohn’s or Colitis to have access to one, as part of the full specialist team, whatever their age and wherever they live in the UK. 

Get Involved 

We believe it’s fundamental that people with Crohn’s and Colitis are involved in the decisions about how healthcare is delivered - no project or service will be as good as it could be without the input and experiences of people affected by the conditions.