Local Contact

Please direct all email enquiries to secretary.coventry@iasupport.org

The contact details for our local secretary are as follows:

Address Carole Hill – 32 Sir Richards Drive, Harbourne, Birmingham B17 8TP

Telephone 0121 4295600

Useful Links

The colorectal nursing teams at our local hospitals are key players and should be your first point of contact if you are experiencing problems. They can also provide education and support to help patients adjust to their new situation

Clinics

Poolbank Clinic – Poolbank Street, Nuneaton CV11 5BD (2nd Tuesday of the month, 1pm to 3pm)

Ratcliffe Road Surgery – Ratcliffe Road, Atherstone CV9 1EU (last Tuesday of the month, 1pm to 3pm)

Hinckley Clinic – Hinckley Health Centre, Ground Floor, 29 Hill Street, Hinckley LE10 1DS, (Wednesdays 9.30am to 12noon)

Hospitals

University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry CV2 2DX – Telephone 02476 964000 www.uhcw.nhs.co.uk

Warwick Hospital Larkin Road, Warwick CV34 5BW – Telephone 01926 495321 www.swft.nhs.co.uk

George Eliot Hospital College Street, Nuneaton CV10 7DJ – Telephone 02476 351351 www.geh.nhs.co.uk

IA has a number of ‘sister’ charities which specialise in providing support and information as follows:

CA (Colostomy Association) – for Colostomists. www.colostomyassociation.org.uk

UA (Urostomy Association) – for Urostomists. www.uagbi.org

Crohn’s and Colitis UK – for sufferers of ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease. www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk

IOA (International Ostomy Association) – the international organization for ostomy support groups all over the world. click here

CiCRA – Crohn’s in Childhood Research Association (CICRA) funds research and supports families of children and young adults with Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

KT (Kingston Trust) – for elderly ileostomists.

www.kingstontrust.org.uk

The Breakaway Foundation supports families whose children have any kind of bowel or bladder diversion/dysfunction. These may include Colostomy, Ileostomy, Urostomy, J-Pouch, Mitrofanoff, ACE, Self catheterisation, Suprapubic catheter or if the young person relies on incontinence products.

Breakaway runs information days and residential activity weekends for children and their families to meet others in a similar situation.