throughout the week, stoma nurse claire from whitley bay has been running a clinic, offering much—needed advice to the women. she also trained the nursing staff and helped to sort out the vast supplies of donated stoma bags. so, what are the main differences that you've seen in the women here, compared to what you see in the uk? i think it was the lack of support and care that they had, right from the whole of theirjourney. some of them can't afford to get to the hospital. they struggle to get here from a distance. they don't have the follow—up like we do in the uk. but then, once they're discharged, then that's it. they're left to their own devices, which is where their problems maybe start or their isolation starts or their stigma starts or their fear about living with a stoma, that they then become detached from their family or their group of friends. and they didn't really understand, a lot of the women, how to look after themselves. is that right? no, they very much were taught a basic technique ofjust stick the bag on. they didn't understand