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Immune Boosting Tips

There are many practical ways to keep yourself safe, and it’s not all about vitamin C. Simple good habits such as hand washing and drinking plenty of water contribute greatly toward our general health, and are our bodies’ best defence…

Hearing from Businesses

In recent months we’ve been working to raise awareness of the issues faced by people living with bladder and bowel conditions with businesses and venues through a new initiative - the Just Can’t Wait toilet Scheme.  The scheme is designed…

Research and Healthcare Studies

Find out about third party research studies that you can get involved in - the more information that healthcare researchers can gather about how individuals experience certain conditions, the better the research into treatments can address…

Fitness gave me confidence after stoma surgery

After years of suffering uncontrolled Ulcerative Colitis, Dan Callaghan underwent stoma surgery in the hope of getting his health back on track. Exercise and fitness had always been a big part of Dan’s life and this wasn’t something he…

Managing Your IBS at Home to Improve Quality of Life

AD This article is sponsored Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a function disorder of the gut and is thought to be a dysregulation between the gut and the brain. The symptoms of IBS are often an amplified response to changes in our…

Why Support the NEW Toilet Scheme?

We’ve developed a new scheme to help educate staff who work in the retail sector over how having a bladder or bowel condition can be debilitating and how Just Can’t Wait provides a lifeline to those in being able to leave the house more…

Community Survey

We strive to continually improve our understanding of our community and that includes what matters to you on a daily basis. How you experience is unique to you and can be debilitating - it can take over your life. So how do you cope each…

Urinary Tract Infections have ruled my life

Community member, Anna Somerville-Large has kindly shared her story with us about living with lifelong urinary tract infections and urinary retention. Despite living with chronic bladder issues, Anna has lived in all corners of the globe…

Gut friendly foods on a budget

The cost of living crisis has pushed up food prices and has meant that we are all now looking at how we can save money on basic food shopping items. However, if you have a chronic  bowel condition such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and…