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Being diagnosed with a bowel condition is a life-changing experience, and most are simply relieved to have a diagnosis and a direction to follow for treatment. What if you’re several months or years down the line with treatment and aren’t…

Have you recently been diagnosed with incontinence? Maybe you’ve been experiencing symptoms and you’re not quite sure what to do about it. Perhaps you’ve been living with incontinence for some time, thinking it will go away on its own or…

It’s a natural part of our life and we all do it (in one form or another) and some of us have issues with it like any other part of our body but why is it that it’s not socially acceptable to be open about our bowel and having a bowel…

What does ‘welcome’ really mean? We often see the outside of Buckingham Palace on television but it’s usually only a privileged few who actually get inside. It is therefore rather exciting that there are special tours of the State Rooms…

In support of our work in campaigning for publicly available toilets for people suffering with bladder and bowel related conditions, we are pleased to announce a partnership with Gillian Kemp, founder of the Truckers Toilets UK Campaign,…

AD This article contains links Update 29/09/17: Thank you for your interest in becoming an Innovo user tester. The application stage has now come to an end. Those who have been successful will be notified via email.Struggling with…

At Bladder & Bowel we're constantly working with our partners to bring you the best discounts and offers on products that could really benefit you. For the month of August, Sealy are offing a fantastic 20% off their entire range…

Leading bowel charity, Bowel and Cancer Research have created a new identity to cement its commitment to research on bowel cancer and other crippling, incurable bowel disorders such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s Disease and Irritable Bowel…

At Bladder & Bowel we love to talk to the amazing people in our community who in their work life, or their free time, are doing something to help others. We recently caught up with Bournemouth based fashion designer, Jasmine Stacey, who…

Shared toilet scheme for Gravesend following further public toilet closures Recent local news reports that the remaining public restrooms in Gravesend Town Centre are set to close by the end of this month. These include the toilets…

The Bladder and Bowel Community team will be taking to their cycles again on Saturday 1st July to tackle the tough 112 miles Ring of Kerry Challenge after successfully completing the stunning cycle route last year. This year around…

INNOVO® is working in association with the World Federation of Incontinent Patients (WFIP) for World Continence Week (19-25 June), for a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ attempt and they need your help! Innovo want to try to break the World Record…

“Desperate for the loo? They’re closed now but they’ll be open for the summer season.” “You need the loo? Sorry, mate! They’ve been closed down – vandalism and all that. The council says they’re too costly to keep open.” “How dare…

AD This article contains links Dr. Ruth Maher is one of the original four inventors of Innovotherapy, the only non-invasive therapy clinically proven to restore the pelvic floor. Innovotherapy directly targets pelvic floor weakness - the…

Amongst other things, April marks IBS Awareness Month. So we thought it would be a good idea to put something together on what this oft-misunderstood condition is really like, and what’s involved in the day-to-day management of it. It’s…

We are delighted to announce that Blake Beckford has been shortlisted for Business Person of the Year at the 2017 Pride of Stratford Awards. The nomination is jointly held with fellow Bladder and Bowel Community Director, Ian…

Morrisons install accessible toilet signs in 492 stores. The Bladder and Bowel Community is delighted to share some fantastic news from the Crohn’s and Colitis UK charity. They have successfully managed to recruit Morrisons supermarkets to…

The Bladder and Bowel Foundation has been serving the Bladder and Bowel Community since 1989 offering help and support to thousands of people across the UK. Earlier this year the Bladder and Bowel Foundation went into receivership due to…

Dr. Adrian Wagg, from the University of Alberta, is conducting a survey exploring women's sources of information, knowledge and use of continence pads.  If you are a woman over the age of 30 who uses some sort of containment products for…

Millions of people in England experience problems with continence but many are not getting the support they need, health officials are warning. In guidance published by NHS England, experts have suggested people "suffer in silence" because…

Scientists claim method is potentially more accurate than PSA and could minimize predicament of over-diagnosis at screening. Scientists in Ireland have developed a technique they hoped would be a more reliable and accurate method to…

A newly-launched Cancer Research UK study could be the first step towards exercise training being introduced as a new NHS treatment for prostate cancer. The PANTERA study, led by Sheffield Hallam University, will focus on 50 men who have…

Benjamin King, star of Disney Channel's hit TV series Liv and Maddie, helps others, especially kids, learn to live well with Crohn's disease. He spoke with NIH MedlinePlus magazine about his own long journey with this condition. To read…

New evidence published highlights benefits and harms of using artificial mesh when compared with tissue repair in the surgical treatment of vaginal prolapse. Slightly better repair with mesh needs to be weighed carefully against increased…

A report into the financial and emotional  costs of constipation has been launched on 1st March 2016. Called, The Cost of Constipation, the report has worked out that the cost to the NHS last year from hospital admissions due to…

On Tuesday 16 February, Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) hosted its very first patient engagement event at The Royal College of Physicians (RCP). The event was a valuable opportunity for ensuring that programme…

Up to half of samples of urinary tract infections in children are resistant to common antibiotics, new research has shown. The analysis found high levels of antibiotic resistance in infections caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli).…

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a novel implantable material which could reduce the number of debilitating side-effects that occur as a result of using a material that is too rigid for surgical treatment of…

NICE has issued final guidance recommending abiraterone (marketed as Zytiga by Janssen) for some prostate cancer patients. This is a change from the appraisal committee's previous draft guidance decision. It is estimated that 5,900…

New early warning system to prevent life-threatening urinary infections in catheter users. A new infection alert system in catheters could prevent serious infections in millions of hospital patients worldwide. The system, detailed in a…

Ahead of Continence Awareness Week to be staged in June, the Chief Nurse for NHS England in the South explains the need for commissioners to listen to patients: I recently attended the National Continence Care Awards organised by the…

On July 2nd this year, Mike Quinn (Miromedia) is riding with 14 like minded gents around the gruelling Ring of Kerry Cycle Challenge, in Ireland. B&BF are delighted and grateful to Mike and all of the riders for supporting the charity…

Elaine Miller is a physiotherapist based in Edinburgh. She wrote a comedy show about pelvic floors called "Gusset Grippers" in an attempt to break down the taboos which surround continence, pelvic pain and sexual dysfunctions - all of which…

NHS England has today published new guidance to help improve the care and experience of children and adults with continence issues. Problems with the bladder affect more than 14 million people in the UK and about 6.5 million have bowel…

After menopause, more than half of women may have vulvovaginal symptoms that have a big impact on their lifestyle, emotions, and sex life. What's more, the symptoms tend to travel with other pelvic troubles, such as prolapse and urinary and…

Report by Professor Dame Sally Davies targets obesity and ovarian cancer and encourages women to talk about 'taboos' such as incontinence. In her latest annual report, ‘Health of the 51%: women’, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor…

New research could lead to new treatments to prevent blockages and urinary tract infections experienced by many long-term catheter users. Up to 50 percent of long-term catheter users experience encrustations and subsequent blockage,…

Dr Martin McShane's Blog:I was at a roundtable on how health and care services need to change to meet the needs of people with multiple conditions. We heard from a patient who described the problems he was facing managing his diabetes,…

Clinicians in Southampton are set to lead a pioneering UK study into the use of a urine test that could help to diagnose bladder cancer. Tim Dudderidge, a consultant urological surgeon at Southampton General Hospital, and his team will…

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has recently published a Recovering Well series of patient information designed to support women to get back on their feet after different types of gynaecological surgery.…

September 16th 2015 marked the momentous achievement of 100 years of the WI. Much had been organised to celebrate the anniversary including a Centennial Fair in Harrogate, which took place from the 3rd to the 6th of September. The Fair was…

Continence Self-Assessment Framework (2014) Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) About this document The purpose of the NHS England self-assessment framework for continence is to: Establish baseline data on continence commissioning…

Bedwetting, or nocturnal enuresis, causes distress in children and young adults, as well as for their parents or caregivers. The causes are not fully understood and there may be both physiological and psychological components to the…

Thousands more people would take part in bowel cancer screening if the kit included extras, such as gloves and "poo catchers", according to a Cancer Research UK study published in Biomed Research International*. The London study looked…

Dynamic pelvic floor magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive test that uses a powerful magnetic field, radio waves and a computer to produce detailed pictures of the pelvic floor, a network of muscles that stretches between the…

Current therapies for children with Crohn's disease don't fully restore healthy bacteria and fungi populations in their digestive systems, a new study shows. These findings suggest that treatments don't have to bring bacteria and other…

NICE has developed medical technology guidance on the UroLift system. NICE medical technologies guidance addresses specific technologies notified to NICE by companies. The ‘case for adoption’ recommendations are based on the claimed…

A new understanding of inflammatory bowel diseases has been prompted by the analysis of genetic and clinical data from more than 30,000 patients. This study reveals that genetic factors affect the location of the inflammation in the gut,…

One of the most common, but rarely discussed issues that female athletes face is urinary incontinence during exercise. This phenomenon is also known as stress urinary incontinence and is defined as the involuntary leaking of urine during…