Bladder and Bowel UK January Newsletter

Featured in this month’s newsletter •BBUK National Symposium 8th March 2018 , Bolton Arena •News from BBUK •BBUK Training •Spotlight on BBUK resources children and Young People

•New Website Stop Bedwetting.org •Education/study days, events and research.

•Supplier Directory - on line resource •Disabled Living Services •Loo of the Month

Welcome to this months Bladder and Bowel UK Newsletter Bladder and Bowel UK, Disabled Living, Burrows House, 10 Priestley Road, Wardley Industrial Estate, Worsley, Manchester, M28 2LY

Bladder and Bowel UK National Continence Symposium

Thursday, 8th March 2018 The 2018 educational programme will present the latest evidence based research and up to date clinical data.

Extensive Exhibition A chance to update your knowledge of the latest products & equipment

• CPD • Revalidation • 4 hours of participatory learning • Three education parallel streams: Bladder, Bowel, Children and Young People • Relevant to all HCP’s working within the area of continence, bladder and bowel care, treatment and management.

Topics that will be included:

Variety of Adult and Paediatric lectures This one day will include a variety of continence topics, all delivered by experts in these fields.

Last Remaining Places

•Male lower tract urinary symptoms and prostate cancer •Intermittent Self Catherisation •The law and the nurse •Bowel assessment, treatment and Management in Adults •Surgical Options • Developing a Poo Passport for children •Children’s day time bladder problems •IBD – children •Nocturnal Enuresis •Bowel Award winner 2018

Venue: USN Bolton Arena, Arena Approach, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6LB Twitter: @BladderBowelUK

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For further information and to request a booking form please contact Bladder and Bowel UK on 0161-607-8219 Booking Forms can also be found on our website. www.bladderandboweluk.co.uk

Update from BBUK IMPRESS – Incontinence Management & PRevention through Engineering and ScienceS Joanne went to meet the IMPRESS team at Leeds University. •

IMPRESS is a project at the University of Leeds which aims to encourage more engineers and scientists to work on researching new technologies for incontinence. This was a great opportunity to look at incontinence from a completely different viewpoint. The approach by engineers is so different from the clinical viewpoint. A guided tour around the faculty and laboratory was really enlightening as it was almost like looking into the future and anticipating what individuals experiencing incontinence may need or want in the future to manage and prevent clinical symptoms. We know over time the numbers experiencing problems will increase so any innovation in this area is welcome.

The team at Leeds are small but if some of the projects are successful they could offer real alternative solutions to what is presently available. It is inspiring to know that others are working towards improving continence care.

http://impress-network.com/

Yorkshire ACA update...Joanne has recently joined the Yorkshire ACA Committee as Vice Chair. This is an exciting opportunity for Joanne to become involved in an active branch of the ACA and support the committee in promoting the speciality of continence and the ACA organisation to all health professionals, generic and specialist. Joanne has been a member of the branch for many years and looks forward to working with the committee and the members.

BBUK Update Karen Irwin BBUK Specialist Nurse / Service Manager has been offered a position to join the RCN Continence Care Forum , commencing on 1st January 2018 .

An induction day was recently held at the RCN HQ in London for new forum members....

This was a really informative day, bringing together all newly appointed RCN forum committee members, from across all forums and areas of practice. The day provided us all with an opportunity to understand how the RCN forums support and work with RCN members, looking at the year ahead's plans and how we can all contribute professionally to the support and work within and across each others forums. “Forums are groups of RCN members, working in a similar nursing specialty or with like interests. Thousands of RCN members throughout the UK use forums to connect with each other, share ideas and achieve real change.

Whether leading the way on a steering committee, or keeping up to date with important developments, forum members are at the cutting edge of the work of the RCN�

The forums offer a wealth of information for nurses, who can access information such as guidance for practice, forum web pages, social media contact , publications to name but a few.

There are over 30 forums, something for everyone and I would encourage you all to join if not already members.

For further information :- http://bit.ly/2oUWD2j

BBUK Training Bladder and Bowel UK (BBUK) has a strong focus on education for healthcare professionals, promoting excellence in clinical care.

Did you know that BBUK offers training on: •Continence Awareness •Assessment and Management •Bowel Assessment and Digital Rectal Examination •All Aspects of Catheterisation These courses are prepared, delivered and facilitated by continence specialist nurses who have a wealth of knowledge, expertise and experience within the speciality.

• If you would like further details about these courses including availability and costings The courses aredoavailable tocontact NHSusorganisations please not hesitate to on 0161 607 8219 and the independent sector.

Courses can be adapted to meet your needs and fulfil organisational requirements.

Education can be delivered at your venue or a venue can be provided

by BBUK as part of an overall package.

For further information please contact BBUK on Tel 0161 291 8219 Email: bladderandboweluk@disabledliving.co.uk

Spotlight on resources for children and young people: Who are our resources for?

Bladder and Bowel UK has a wide range of resources available to support children, young people, their families and the professionals who work with them.

What resources do we have?

Our children’s resources have been developed to help understanding of why children and young people have problems with continence (problems with wee and poo) and what can be done to support them.

Two special groups of booklets are the ‘Talk about...’ range of booklets, which have been designed for children to help them understand the problems, and the ‘Understanding...’ range, which is aimed at carers and professionals.

The resources fall into the following categories: •Assessment: A range of leaflets and charts to help families and professionals understand the nature of a child’s bladder or bowel difficulties.

•Bladder: Information about promoting a healthy bladder, day and night time wetting and the things that can help to make these better.

•Bowel: Leaflets about bowel problems including constipation, a metaphorical story for children who will not poo on the toilet and information for parents and carers about this common issue.

•Toilet training: Advice and support for toilet training children with additional needs, including autism, as well as for children who do not have any diagnosed problems.

•Resources for professionals: Professionals may find any of • the above leaflets useful, but amongst other things, there are • also links to NICE Guidance and the National Guidance for the • Provision of Continence Containment Products to Children, • information about our study days and bespoke training.

Where can I find the resources: Our resources are on the website at www.bladderandboweluk.co.uk The direct link to our children and young people’s resources is at: http://www.bladderandboweluk.co.uk/children-young-people/children-resources/ Resources for professionals are in the professionals section at: http://www.bladderandboweluk.co.uk/professionals/professionals-training/ and http://www.bladderandboweluk.co.uk/professionals/professionals-resources/ Can I download or print the resources?

All of the resources are free to download and print. However, we do ask that you do not modify or change them in any way. If you want to include some of our information in your own resources, please contact us.

Is there anything new coming?

We are constantly updating and reviewing our resources and adding to them. So please do visit the website regularly.

If you feel there is a resource that is needed, which is not on the website, then contact us.

Email: bladderandboweluk@disabledliving.co.uk or telephone: 0161 607 8219 I am a professional, is there an easy way I can keep in touch?

Bladder and Bowel UK have a children’s and young peoples special interest group for professionals. It is free to join and you will be sent email copies of our newsletter, information about our children’s study days and be told when new leaflets or information is available.

To join email us at: bladderandboweluk@disabledliving.co.uk

• New website to support parents to help manage their child’s bedwetting has now been launched.

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The ‘Stopbedwetting’ website provides parents of affected children and young people with information and advice regarding bedwetting including the causes and available treatments. Empowering families to help manage their problems has been shown to improve treatment outcomes.

• The website also provides families with tips and a checklist to address lifestyle changes in the first instance prior to seeking further help and treatment from a healthcare professional.

Visit :- http://bit.ly/2rNTfIZ

Date for your diary Next year‘s Paediatric Education Study Day Tuesday, 16 October 2018 Redbank House, St Chad’s Street, Manchester, M8 8QA We look forward to welcoming you next year to the Bowel Education event, please do contact us if there are any topics you wish us to include as we start preparation for next years programme Date for your diary Next year‘s Bowel Education Study Day Tuesday, 25 September 2018 Redbank House, St Chad’s Street, Manchester, M8 8QA We look forward to welcoming you next year to the Bowel Education event, please do contact us if there are any topics you wish us to include as we start preparation for next years programme Twitter & Social Media As a charity, social media is a relatively new way of communication with our audience. However, we are now increasing our followers on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. To keep up to speed with current events, articles and general tweets/articles...

Please connect with us!!

Others Study Days, Conferences, Research

IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) – Research Project Wythenshawe Hospital Could this be for you?

•Do you suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

•Would you be interested in taking part in a Research Study?

•Males and Females age18+ welcome.

All volunteers will be compensated for their time Please telephone the Neurogastroenterology Unit at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester on 0161 291 4188 / 4190 for further information on this research study.

Disabled Living Supplier Directory The Directory has been created at the request of people who use Disabled Living as a resource, to identify companies or organisations who sell or provide equipment, products and services to support disabled children, adults and older people.

Access to the Supplier Directory is via the Disabled Living Website

Throughout 2016 we have consulted with a wide range of people who use Disabled Living’s Supplier Directory – professionals, service users, commercial colleagues and third sector organisations. They told us how much they valued the Supplier Directory, so we have made it easier to navigate and search for equipment, products and services.

We have increased the number of words you can submit to describe your products and you can have separate wording for each category. You can list your equipment, products or services in up to five relevant categories.

Contact us to see how you can become part of our Supplier Directory.

Corporate Partnership We are keen to continue working with our existing partners, who kindly support us here at Bladder and Bowel UK but would also welcome discussions for new partnership opportunities. If you or your company are interested please contact Andrea Greenfield Email: bladderandboweluk@disabledliving.co.uk Tel 0161 607 8219

Loo of the Month.....

Estes park, Colorado. Rock climbing area. The local WC

Bladder and Bowel UK, Disabled Living, Burrows House, 10 Priestley Road, Wardley Industrial Estate, Worsley, Manchester, M28 2LY