ACP Clinical Advisors
Committed to Driving Excellence in Bladder & Bowel Care
The ACP Advisors are a multidisciplinary team of experienced clinicians determined to improve standards of continence care nationally
The ACP Advisors are a multidisciplinary team of experienced clinicians determined to improve standards of continence care nationally
Mark Stott trained as a medical student in Bristol in 1980. He had basic training in surgery in Leicester, Bournemouth and Southampton.
He conducted research into neuropathic bladders with Paul Abrams in Bristol from 1986-1988. He was a senior registrar in urology at Norwich and Cambridge and has been a consultant in Exeter since 1992.
He has worked as a general urologist but developed sub intersets in paediatric urology, bladder sysfuntion and renal cancer. He developed the 1st botox service in the south west and has treated over 500 patients. More recently they have introduced PTNS and sacral neuro-modulation to Exeter, providing some services for Devon.
His interests include Egytptology, flying and restoring vintage aircraft. A keen educator Mr Stott has worked on registrar and national training committees and has mentored many nurses and 1 physio! through the non medical prescribing course.
Cath is a Registered Nurse and has a District Nursing qualification. Cath was a continence nurse specialist for many years, leading and developing an all age service in North Somerset. She has an MSc in Specialist Practice and is an Independent Non-Medical Prescriber. For the last 10 years Cath has been an Operational Manager, initially with responsibility for community Specialist Services and is now Associate Locality Director for Sirona, with accountability for community nursing, community therapies and community hospital services within the North Somerset area.
She served on the ACP executive committee for 2 x 6 year periods, including ACP Chair 2005-2007. She continues to support the ACP regarding risk management and strategy developments.
Davina is a Registered General Nurse and a Registered Sick Children’s Nurse, who has worked within child health in both acute and community settings. In 2006 she set up an NHS children’s community bladder and bowel service in the North East of England and worked in that service until 2017. She has been a specialist children’s nurse on the team at Bladder & Bowel UK since 2015.
Davina joined the ACP Executive in May 2016, having joined the education committee the preceding year. Among her roles on the Executive Davina was newsletter editor for over three years. She has continued to serve on the education committee, including within the conference organising group. She became the paediatric advisor after her second term of office ended in June 2022, where she continues to support the ACP on the education committee and more widely regarding issues relating to bladder and bowel health in the under 18s.
Dr Dipti Samani is a Consultant Geriatrician based in Leicester Hospitals. She qualified from Leicester Medical School 20 years ago. She leads a comprehensive inpatient and out-patient based continence service for adults across University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. The service comprises 2 consultant geriatricians and 3 clinical nurse specialists.
Her additional interest is undergraduate teaching and she forms part of the medicine block teaching for medical students, as well as more recently gaining a position as Wellbeing Lecturer within the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare.
I am a qualified nurse and have worked in the field of continence research since 2003. I am extremely passionate about improving patient care and my research falls into three distinct areas:
I am the chief investigator for a number of current studies exploring continence care provision in the community and inpatient settings, and am a co-applicant on a number of active and completed NIHR HTA trials. I firmly believe it is imperative for research to inform education and vice versa, and aim to integrate my research to increase the evidence base and improve continence care and patient outcomes. I have worked hard to position myself into a role in which I am able to influence this with my recent appointment to Associate Professor of Continence Care at UWE Bristol. I am exploring options to increase education for all – public and carers, undergraduate multidisciplinary professionals and continence specialists. My research also focusses on care across the patient journey and aims to particularly engender an ethos of continence promotion rather than containment.
I have been on the International Consultation on Incontinence committee for patient reported outcome assessment since 2004 and led the global ICIQ project for outcome assessment from 2004-2018. I am keen to reflect the needs of individuals with bladder and bowel symptoms and have developed a number of patient panels that have been invaluable to guiding research in this field. I have published and presented nationally and internationally to a range of scientific audiences.
There is a real enthusiasm to improve bladder and bowel care. I would be delighted to co-lead the ACP education committee to raise the profile of education in this fundamental area of patient care for all.