As the lead body for bladder and bowel control health, Continence Health Australia is dedicated to equipping you with the resources you need to provide comprehensive continence care to your patients. This is your one-stop shop for free government-funded tools designed to streamline your consultation and improve patient outcomes. Need something you can’t find? Contact info@continence.org.au, we would love to hear from you.
Contents
- Continence resources to assist your consults
- Continence handouts for patients
- Continence education
- Coming soon
- Other useful continence health references
- Request print resources
Continence resources to assist your consults
- National Continence Helpline 1800 33 00 66 – available to doctors, patients or carers. Wait time less than 60 seconds. FREE advice from Continence Nurse Specialists. Call Mon-Fri 8pm-8am AEST or book a call back on 1800 33 00 66.
- Search our directory of continence service providers near you.
- Assist patients finding continence aids with our continence product search.
- Wee stories - no language short videos to explain symptoms associated with urinary incontinence.
- Bridge magazine, our free quarterly print publication for patients about bladder and bowel health, which includes lived experience stories and interviews with health professionals. Access online, order copies for patients delivered to their door, or for your waiting room (helps with RACGP accreditation for your practice).
- Order wallet-sized info cards to hand out to patients and posters for your waiting room.
- Download our guide to how to start the conversation about continence with your patients.
Continence Handouts for Patients
Empower your patients with informative, easy-to-understand resources. Order printed versions or download and print them yourself. Search for more resources and patient handouts and for continence handouts in other languages.
- Bladder control quiz
- Bladder diary for patients
- Bowel diary for patients
- Children’s Bowel Diary
- Bladder Control Check Up (available in other languages)
- Poor Bowel Control (available in other languages)
- Pelvic Floor Health for Expectant and New Mums
- The Prostate and Bladder Problems (available in other languages)
- Bedwetting in Childhood (available in other languages)
- A Guide to Continence Products and Aids
- Looking after your skin if you have incontinence
- Help to pay for your continence products
Continence education
Stay at the forefront of continence care with accredited, convenient learning opportunities.
- Visit continencelearning.com to access on-demand continuing professional development courses, webinars, and educational resources for health professionals.
- *NEW* Paediatric continence program (RACGP accredited for a total of 18 CPD hours). Developed in partnership with the International Children’s Continence Society (ICCS), this course fills a critical education gap in paediatric continence care. This course includes eight modules (choose to enrol in the whole course or purchase individual modules):
- Module 1: Introduction to paediatric continence
- Module 2: Daytime continence
- Module 3: Bowel dysfunction
- Module 4: Enuresis
- Module 5: Transitional care
- Module 6: Neurological and anatomical causes of incontinence
- Module 7: Psychological conditions associated with paediatric continence
- Module 8: Supporting toilet training
Cost: AU$360.00 (ex GST) AU$180 (ex GST) when you become a member of Continence Health Australia for AU$85.
- Attend our National Conference on Incontinence at Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, Melbourne, VIC. 13-16 May 2026. Sign up for event alerts.
- Join our Australia-wide Professional Development Days on bladder, bowel and pelvic health.
- Join as a Continence Health Australia professional member.
- Sign up to our mailing list to get the latest in continence straight to your inbox.
Coming soon
Referral guidelines for bladder and bowel conditions to help GPs ( Coming September 2025 )
- Women's urinary incontinence referral guidelines
- Men's urinary incontinence referral guidelines
- Children’s urinary incontinence referral guidelines
- Adult faecal incontinence referral guidelines
- Children’s faecal incontinence referral guidelines
GP continence course awareness and management (coming Dec 2025)
Other useful continence health references
- Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal (ANZCJ) This open access publication is the official research journal of Continence Health Australia and Continence NZ. Connecting health professionals and academics across Australasia with the latest research, insights, and innovations in continence care, from diagnosis and treatment to best practices in promoting continence.
- Incontinence 7th Edition free ebook download
- Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Urogynaecological Society of Australasia
- Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand
Request
Request our free quarterly magazine on bladder and bowel health for your waiting room. Displaying our magazine helps you with RACGP accreditation for your practice.
Bridge Request Print Form