The Continence team at the Crann Centre, Cork has been awarded ‘Continence Nurse of the Year’ for 2026 at the British Journal of Nursing (BJN) Awards, which were held in London on Friday, March 20th.
The awards, which are open to nominations across the UK and Ireland, celebrate excellence in research and practice while recognising outstanding achievements across the nursing community
The Continence team at Crann provides Ireland’s only nurse-led, community-based specialist continence clinic for children, adults and their families living with neuro-physical disabilities, with a focus on neurogenic care.
The team also provides dedicated training courses for healthcare professionals including public health nurses and special needs assistants in schools, covering clean intermittent catheterisation, trans-anal irrigation training and disability awareness, with over 450 professionals trained in the last five years.
Eimear Daly, Head of Services said that the awards highlighted “the team’s commitment to supporting client families, promoting best practice, and delivering high-quality continence care”.
The Crann Centre continues to see increasing demand, welcoming 234 additional families in 2025, a 37% growth on the previous year. Crann has supported more than 900 families living with neuro-physical disabilities across Cork and the wider Munster region. Their innovative, 2Generation model of care provides whole family support, recognising that disability impacts the fabric of the family. Through six key service themes, supported by a dedicated client liaison team, each family receives coordinated, personalised wraparound care.
The British Journal of Nursing (BJN) is the leading clinical nursing journal written by nurses for nurses from the UK and around the world.
