We connect, support and represent nurses and healthcare professionals involved in specialist ostomy, fistula, wound and continence care across South Africa.
Access professional education, trusted resources, representation and a national association committed to strengthening specialist practice.
One of South Africa’s longest-established professional nursing associations
Professional association
Professionally led voice
We support and represent nurses and healthcare professionals working in ostomy, fistula, wound and continence care. We strengthen their professional voice, help them advocate for appropriate specialist practice and provide the education, resources and connections needed to improve patient care.
Led by professionals in the field, the association understands the realities of specialist practice and can provide informed support when members need professional recognition, representation or institutional backing.
We bring education, resources, representation and professional connection together in one national platform.
Ostomy, fistula, wound and continence care brings technical, practical and psychosocial needs together. We support the professionals behind that care through learning, connection, resources and an informed collective voice.
Membership connects eligible healthcare professionals to learning, selected resources, congress activity, professional discussion, representation and opportunities to contribute.
Access clear pathways to professional education, resources and representation.
We engage on issues affecting professional recognition, education, independent clinical judgement, patient choice and standards across public and private healthcare.
We preserve the knowledge and professional purpose built across generations while creating routes for new professionals to learn, contribute and lead.
The association represents and supports professionals. It does not provide individual clinical care. Patients and families can learn about the specialist role or search the practitioner directory.
Join us in shaping the future of specialist care. Explore pathways for members, educators, and partners to contribute, lead, and share knowledge.
Become part of the national professional association supporting nurses in ostomy, fistula, wound and continence care.
