Bladder & Bowel UK

18/08/2026

If your child wets the bed, you’re not alone. We’ve created a new children’s health resource with trusted information, practical advice and expert guidance to help parents and carers better understand and manage bedwetting.

With support from Pampers Ninjamas Pyjama Pants the free resource offers reassurance, practical guidance and information on available support.

🔗 Visit the resource: https://www.bbuk.org.uk/bedwetting-in-children/

13/08/2026

Congratulations to the Spinal Injuries Association SCI Specialist Clinical Team, who have won the Bladder & Bowel UK Clinical Excellence Award 2026.

The team was recognised by a judging panel of clinicians and experts in bladder and bowel care for its combination of hands-on specialist support, education for health and care staff, and national campaigning to improve neurogenic bowel care.

12/08/2026

Congratulations to Mowoot Intermittent Colonic Exoperistalsis (ICE) System, which has won the Bladder & Bowel UK Product Innovation Award 2026.

Our judging panel of clinicians, academics and people living with bladder and bowel issues particularly valued the extent to which patients and clinicians shaped MOWOOT’s design, and its impact on independence and quality of life for people with chronic constipation. 👏 🏆

31/07/2026

🏡Discover a new home-based approach to managing chronic constipation

Chronic constipation can have a significant impact on quality of life, particularly for those who have not responded to conventional treatments.

Join us for this informative session exploring a new non-invasive, home-based treatment for chronic constipation using the MOWOOT Intermittent Colonic Exoperistalsis (ICE) system. Drawing on real-world experience from an NHS community evaluation, you'll discover how this innovative approach is helping patients manage their symptoms independently while reducing reliance on medication and avoiding more invasive treatment options.

The session will cover patient selection, integration into community care, and outcomes from the NHS evaluation, including improvements in bowel symptoms, high patient adherence and a reduced treatment burden. Discover how this scalable approach could support the management of refractory constipation in community settings.

Delivered by Chinny Ejiogu

🔗 Choose your stream, expand your knowledge, shape best practice: https://www.bbuk.org.uk/midlands-symposium-programme/

22/07/2026

📢 NICE is looking for a lay member with lived experience of bladder cancer to join the committee updating its bladder cancer guideline.

Help ensure the experiences of patients, carers and families shape future care and treatment recommendations.

🩵 Find out more and apply here: https://www.nice.org.uk/get-involved/our-committees/committee-vacancies-for-patients-service-users-carers-and-lay-people #!/job/UK/London/Virtual/NICE_National_Institute_Health_Care_Excellence/Lay_Member/Lay_Member-v8132626?_ts=1

🗓️ Deadline: 31 July

17/07/2026

🤰 Gain the knowledge and confidence to support pelvic health before, during and after childbirth

Did you know that within the first year after giving birth:
🔹1 in 3 women experience urinary incontinence
🔹1 in 10 women experience faecal incontinence
🔹1 in 12 women experience pelvic organ prolapse

Join us for this informative session exploring the importance of pelvic health during pregnancy, birth and beyond. You'll gain a better understanding of pelvic floor anatomy and function, how pregnancy and childbirth can affect pelvic health, and practical strategies to help prevent and manage common symptoms.

The session will also cover healthy bladder and bowel habits, effective pelvic floor exercises, preparing for birth, wound care, returning to exercise and intimacy, and where to access further support when it's needed.

Delivered by Holly Davies and Tonya Potter

🔗 Choose your stream, expand your knowledge, shape best practice: https://www.bbuk.org.uk/midlands-symposium-programme/

15/07/2026

📢 New guidance published for healthcare professionals supporting children with daytime urinary incontinence

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has published its new guidance on Daytime Urinary Incontinence in Children. This comprehensive resource provides evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and treatment of children and young people experiencing daytime bladder symptoms.

We're especially proud that Davina Richardson RGN/RSCN, Children's Specialist Nurse at Bladder & Bowel UK, contributed to the development of this guidance through her role on the Bladder & Bowel Forum committee.

This important publication will help support healthcare professionals in delivering consistent, high-quality care for children and families.

🔗 Access the guidance here: https://www.rcn.org.uk/Professional-Development/publications/rcn-daytime-urinary-incontinence-in-children-uk-pub-012-377

This guidance is designed to provide relevant comprehensive information, including the current evidence base and recommendations for assessment and treatment

07/07/2026

📢 We’re delighted to announce that Vyne will be the headline sponsor of the Bladder & Bowel UK National Symposium - Midlands 2026.

A huge thank you to Vyne for supporting this important event, which brings healthcare professionals together to share knowledge, best practice and innovation in continence care.

Vyne provides a better, greener and easier way of receiving continence and stoma supplies. Whether you have a prescription yourself, you’re a clinician or you’re ordering on behalf of care home residents, Vyne has you covered 💚

🔗 Choose your stream, expand your knowledge, shape best practice: https://www.bbuk.org.uk/midlands-symposium-programme/

06/07/2026

⏰ Reminder: Our next Bladder & Bowel UK Lunchtime Learning session takes place tomorrow!

🩵 Toilet Learning (Level Two) will explore:
✔️ Advanced toilet learning practice
✔️ Evidence-based approaches
✔️ Supporting neurodiverse children and children with disabilities
✔️ Personalised support for children and families

Designed for healthcare, education, early years and social care professionals working with children, including those with additional needs.

There’s still time to join us 👇

⛓️‍💥 Don’t miss out: https://lnkd.in/ekqv9YwC

03/07/2026

A huge thank you to the team at Optimum Medical & Vyne who are taking on Endure24 next weekend to raise money for Bladder & Bowel UK 💙🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Their support helps us continue providing our free public helpline, offering vital advice, information and reassurance to people affected by bladder and bowel conditions across the UK.

We’re incredibly grateful for their dedication and wish the whole team the very best of luck for the challenge ahead!

If you would like to support them, donations can be made here:
https://lnkd.in/eXxC7AF9

1 WEEK TO GO!🏃‍♀️

Next Friday the Optimum Medical & Vyne team will be taking on Endure24 to raise money for the Bladder & Bowel UK public helpline, an essential free service providing advice and support on bladder and bowel health.

If you would like to support the team you can donate using the link below:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/endure24omvyne