Bowel management and suppositories training for your care team, delivered on-site
Up to 10 staff · On-site · Hands-on practice · Quoted for your team
Bowel management training teaches nurses and trained care staff to support people with bowel care safely and with dignity: normal bowel function, recognising constipation and impaction, keeping bowel records using the Bristol Stool Chart, and giving suppositories where your policy allows. Kasorb delivers it on-site, with hands-on practice under a specialist clinical trainer's observation. Up to 10 staff; quoted for your team.
- Practical bowel care, including giving suppositories where your policy allows
- Recognising constipation, diarrhoea and faecal impaction, and when to escalate
- Consent, privacy and dignity throughout
- Delivered on-site, up to 10 staff
- Certificates emailed the next day
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Compliance and certification
Staff receive a Kasorb certificate of completion for your training file, and the training counts towards staff CPD. It isn't a regulated qualification. How long the certificate stays current is set by your policy — we'll recommend a refresh interval when you enquire. Your team leaves trained and ready for the usual final step with any clinical skill: your own supervised competency sign-off against your policies.
4 reasons teams choose Kasorb for Bowel Management & Suppositories Training
One price for the whole team
Clinical courses are quoted for your location: one price for the whole group of up to 10, not per person, with certificates included.
Training at your workplace
No travel planning, no separate venue booking and less disruption for your team on the day.
Clinical trainers who have done it for real
Hands-on practice with feedback, with dignity and consent built into every step.
Compliance handled properly
Attendance, certification and compliance paperwork are included after the course.
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Course specification
How it works
- Enquire with your postcode and team size. We'll come back with a price within 48 hours. We recommend booking at least four weeks in advance to secure your preferred date. If you need something sooner, just ask.
- Agree the details: we confirm the session length and what's needed for the practical with you when you book. If you'd like the trainer to work from your own policy, send it at least 7 days before the course.
- Your trainer calls beforehand to confirm logistics and anything specific to your setting, and arrives early to set up.
- On the day: theory first, then hands-on practice under the trainer's observation, with feedback.
- Certificates are emailed the next day.
What the course covers
- Normal bowel function, and what changes it
- Constipation, diarrhoea and faecal impaction
- The Bristol Stool Chart and bowel records
- Diet, fluids and mobility
- Suppositories and enemas: preparing and giving them where your policy allows
- Consent, privacy and dignity
- When to escalate
By the end, your staff will be able to:
- recognise the signs of constipation, diarrhoea and impaction
- keep accurate bowel records
- describe how to give a suppository safely and with dignity, and when to escalate
Who needs this training
- Nurses and nursing associates
- Senior carers and care staff whose role includes bowel care
- Staff in nursing homes, residential care, learning disability services and supported living
Giving suppositories depends on your policy and how clinical tasks are delegated in your service.
What the law says
In England, CQC's Regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) expects staff who carry out clinical tasks to have the training to do them safely, Regulation 10 (dignity and respect) covers privacy during intimate care, and Regulation 18 (staffing) covers staff training. Regulators in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have similar expectations. Bowel care training, followed by your own supervised competency sign-off, gives you a training record for your files.
Consent comes first in intimate care. Where someone may lack capacity to consent, staff follow the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in England and Wales, or the equivalent law elsewhere in the UK.
How we assess learning
Staff practise the procedure under the trainer's observation, with feedback. The trainer asks questions and leads discussion throughout to confirm understanding. After the course, your own supervised competency sign-off, against your policies, completes the process before staff carry out the procedure on their own.
Your trainer
Your trainer has used these skills for real. They're one of our specialist clinical trainers, and they keep the focus on safe practice, consent and dignity.
Logistics
- Room: horseshoe or classroom seating — what matters is clear floor space, plus a table for the practical
- You provide: a room with a table, and anything we agree with you for the practical when you book
- The trainer brings: the training materials, and the equipment for the practical we agree with you when you book
- Group size: up to 10 — so there's time for everyone's hands-on practice
- Timing: agreed with you when you book; staff arrive 15 minutes early
- Access: the trainer needs the room 45 minutes before the start
- Anywhere in the UK, on-site
- Literacy: we recommend at least Level 1 literacy and numeracy
Cost explained
Clinical courses are priced by location: they're taught by specialist clinical trainers, and the price depends on where you are and how far your trainer needs to travel. Send us your postcode and team size and we'll confirm the price within 48 hours. It's one price for the group, up to 10 staff — not per person — and it covers your trainer, their travel and the course materials.
More than 10 staff? We'll run another session on another day at the same rate.
Several sites? Tell us when you enquire and we'll arrange them together.
Frequently asked questions
Does this course sign staff off to give suppositories on their own?
Your team leaves trained, with a certificate to show it. As with any clinical skill, the final step is your own supervised competency sign-off in practice, against your policy, before staff give suppositories on their own.
Can senior carers give suppositories?
That depends on your organisation's policies and how clinical tasks are delegated in your service. Many services train senior carers for it, followed by a supervised sign-off. If you're unsure, look at your policy first — we're happy to talk it through.
Does this include digital rectal stimulation?
No. This course doesn't cover digital rectal stimulation.
How is this different from continence care training?
Continence care covers supporting people with bladder and bowel continence more broadly, including products and skin care. This course focuses on bowel care: monitoring, records, recognising problems and giving suppositories.
We've got more than 10 staff. Can you train them all at once?
Up to 10 per session, so everyone gets proper hands-on practice with feedback. For a bigger team, we'll run another session on another day at the same rate.
What do we need to provide, and is there anything else to pay?
A room with a table for the practical, and anything we agree with you for the practical when you book. The price we quote covers your trainer, their travel and the course materials, so there are no surprise extras.
How quickly can you come?
We confirm within 48 hours, and we recommend booking at least four weeks in advance to secure your preferred date. If you need something sooner, just ask.
Prefer to speak? Call 0207 112 8412