Lead Continence Specialist Nurse, North Kent Community
Bio
Lina has been a continence specialist nurse for over 7 years. She developed her interest in bladder and bowel dysfunction management when she worked as a continence advisor at Kings college hospital, where she also completed her urology nursing BSc(Hons). She has worked as lead continence specialist nurse in North Kent community since 2017, where she runs specialist clinics and manages a team to delivery continence care to local population. She is deputy treasurer of the London ACA and she chairs the South London catheter community of practice group meetings. She has special interest in neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction as well as complex catheter management, reducing catheter associated urinary tract infection. She believes prevention is always better than treatment. she is currently seeking further study on physiological impact on people with incontinence issues.