Christine Norton PhD, MA, RN
Associate Dean (Research) & Burdett Professor of Gastrointestinal Nursing King's College, London &
Nurse Consultant (Bowel Control) St Mark's Hospital
Christine trained as a nurse at St George’s Hospital in London. She was one of the first continence nurse specialists in the UK and was the first Secretary of the Association for Continence Advice. Later she was founder and Director of the UK Continence Foundation. For the past 13 years Christine has returned to clinical practice and has worked at St. Mark's Hospital the UK’s leading colorectal hospital, where she heads a nurse-led service for patients with faecal incontinence and constipation. She was awarded a PhD by London University in 2001 for a study of biofeedback for faecal incontinence.
Her latest book “Bowel Continence Nursing” was published in 2004. 2005 saw the launch of new research and teaching venture, the Burdett Institute of Gastrointestinal Nursing with Christine as the first Director.
She has co- founded and co-chaired the International Continence Society continence Promotion Committee, had represented nursing on the ICS Board, chairs the ICI faecal incontinence committee, the Royal College of Nursing Gastroenterology & Stoma Care Forum and is an editor for the Cochrane incontinence group. She has chaired the UK National Guidelines on faecal incontinence.
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