URApp is officially available for download! URApp smartphone app logoURApp is specially designed to support young people with daytime wetting and urgency. It works as a self-management tool to support bladder training in young people. URApp provides: URApp helped me…
A survey of over 300 parents and carers of children with bowel and bladder issues reveals the shocking number of days children are having to miss school.
In response to requests from families, schools and health care professionals, the charities Bladder & Bowel UK and ERIC, The Children’s Bowel & Bladder Charity, have teamed up to produce comprehensive, practical information for educational establishments regarding bladder and bowel…
More children are being toilet trained later, according to the results of a new survey of early years staff by ERIC and National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA). Of the early years staff across the UK that the Children’s Bowel and…
A new policy report calls for improved understanding and care of children with bladder and bowel conditions at secondary school. The report’s key finding makes for troubling reading: continence problems are common in young people, but some schools are not…
NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, have published medical technology guidance supporting the use of an irrigation device for treating constipation and faecal incontinence. Peristeen is a transanal irrigation system manufactured by Coloplast which can be used…
Teenagers with bowel and bladder problems are at greater risk of underachieving at secondary school and need more support to remove barriers so they can reach their academic potential says new research. The ‘Left out and left behind report’ is…
In a major new study, researchers working on the University of Bristol Alspac project have found that children who have wetting accidents both during the day and at night are more likely to have bladder problems during their teenage years…
The results of the Nursing Times Awards 2016 were revealed on 26 October at the prestigious Grosvenor House, Park Lane, where the nursing and healthcare profession came together for a night of recognition and celebration of the sector’s achievements. ERIC,…
