Living positively with bladder illness!

The programme will launch at the Association for Continence Advice Annual Conference, 16-17 May 2022 and features news items, interviews and sponsored editorial profiles. Bladder Health UK will support the programme with an extensive campaign to send out the key messages from this programme to as many people as possible. The full programme will soon be available on the BHUK website - follow the ITN Banner details on the Home Page.

A pill to help treat an overactive bladder - which affects millions of women - could soon be available to buy in the UK without prescription. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) wants women and doctors to submit their views. The consultation will run for three weeks, closing on 6 May, 2022. See below for how to contribute to the consultation.

BHUK is supporting 'Fowlers February' in 2022 by producing a new patient Handbook. Fowlers Syndrome is a particularly nasty bladder illness that affects women of all ages. We also offer a card you can take to the Doctors/ Hospital with you to explain the condition. Read on to find out how to download the Handbook and how to get a card.

Can you help us find out if doing regular catheter washouts reduce catheter complications such as blockages? Read on to find out more about the study and how to appy. Thank you.

Thanks to invaluable feedback from those who took part in the initial trial a new pelvic and bladder pain programme is available to transform your care. Patients in all parts of the UK can access the Feel Free Programme and it will be free of charge if you are using Gepan Instill bladder instillation. The Scottish Government is supporting this approach to the care of pelvic and bladder pain patients by funding places on the programme until 31st March 2022 for Scottish patients. READ ON TO FIND OUT HOW TO BOOK YOUR PLACE.

Our Finance Director has written a book about her personal experiences and it is well worth reading. Jacq is a true advocate for Bladder Health UK and gives her time to many organisations in order to raise the profile of all aspects of incontinence.