Bladder and Bowel UK August 17 Newsletter

Featured in this month’s newsletter •Welcome – new staff member.

•BBUK Spotlight on .... Web Site – Products •MultiCath Trial News •BBUK Education •Bowel Study Day - Thursday, 28 September 2017 •Paediatric Continence Promotion Day Thursday, 19 October 2017

•Kidz to Adultz Scotland 14 September 2017 •Study Days and Conferences •Corporate Partnership Opportunities •Loo of the Month •Product 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

A warm welcome to Joanne Hoyle who recently joined the team at Bladder and Bowel UK

I am delighted to have secured a role as Adult Specialist Nurse at BBUK. I have worked within the speciality of continence since 1999 , with experience of developing and managing continence services and working in the healthcare industry at Paul Hartmann Ltd, as national Clinical Resource Manager.

I enjoy promoting continence to all through education and advice to healthcare professionals, individuals experiencing bladder and bowel problems and families involved in care.

I am looking forward to developing professionally in this role, building on existing and developing new working relationships and undertaking new challenges.

joanne.hoyle@disabledliving.co.uk

Spotlight on BBUK Website – Products This section of the BBUK website , provides information on products, the supplier directory and other sources of product information.

BBUK - National Display Bladder and Bowel UK have, over many years developed the National Display of Continence Products.

This unique resource has a dedicated area within the Equipment Showroom at the Disabled Living Centre in Worsley, Research & Development Manchester and is available to Bladder and Bowel UK work in partnership anybody who would benefit from with many organisations who are at the learning more about the vast array forefront of innovation and product design. of products which are available to Our highly specialised team of clinicians promote, manage and treat and product specialists can link companies incontinence. and academia with people who use Visit to the centre by prior continence products and may be willing to appointment participate in research studies Supplier Directory The supplier Directory is an online resource, which lists a wide range of companies supplying continence products and equipment.

•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 or services.

•In addition, the supplier directory offers information related to suppliers of equipment and services for disabled children, adults and older people.

•If you are an equipment or service supplier and would like to be listed in the Directory, please contact at BBUK on 0161 607 8219

MultICath trial news It is a while since we last updated you about MultICath and you may be wondering what is happening with this research. This trial aims to test the safety of mixed intermittent catheter use – that means sometimes using single use, disposable catheters and, at other times, using reusable catheters which are cleaned between uses.

We have been working with men and women catheter users and have found that cleaning catheters with Milton solution (as used for babies’ bottles and teats) effectively removes bacteria, does not damage the catheter surface and is acceptable to catheter users.

They have reported that there are advantages and disadvantages to single use and reuse of catheters - cleaning and re-using catheters means not running out, having fewer catheters to take when out or to throw away whereas single use catheters are always ready to use and there is no need to carry used catheters. Mixed use may give catheter users the benefits of both methods. However, we do need to check that mixed intermittent catheter use does not cause more urinary tract infection or other problems than only using single-use catheters. This we will find out in the MultICath Trial with the help of 500+ catheter users.

The trial started last summer with a lot of positive interest from catheter users and health care professionals. Unfortunately, a problem with the supply of the catheters to participants

by GPs meant we had to temporarily stop the trial. However, we have been working hard to get the trial back on track and we are hoping to re-start next year.

The MultICath trial will answer important research questions identified by catheter users and healthcare professionals.

Thank you for your interest!

If you have any questions or would like more information about the MultICath trial please visit www.soton.ac.uk/multicath or contact Margaret Macaulay, nurse project manager m.macaulay@soton.ac.uk Tel: 02381 203919.

Bladder and Bowel UK Special Interest Education Days Last remaining places! Bookings now being taken Adult Bowel Care Educational Day Thursday, 28 September 2017 9.15am-3.30pm Aimed at Healthcare Professionals involved with the care of Adults with Bowel problems and will include educational sessions on a variety of issues related to bowel care assessment, treatment and management, networking opportunities and a company exhibition.

Follow link for full details http://bit.ly/2ov5oeG Contact us to book and secure your place.

Tel: 0161-607-8219

This day is £15 Venue: Redbank house, St Chad’s Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 8QA

Paediatric Special Interest Group Meeting and Educational Event Thursday, 19th October 2017 9.15am-3.30pm Aimed at all Healthcare Professionals involved with the care of Children and Young People with Bladder and Bowel problems and will include educational sessions on a variety of issues related to children’s continence, networking opportunities and a company exhibition.

Follow link for full details http://bit.ly/2rKBnNe Contact us to book and secure your place.

Tel: 0161-607-8219 This day is £15 Venue: Redbank house, St Chad’s Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 8QA

Our next Kidz to Adults event will be taking place in Scotland.

This is one of the largest FREE UK events with 80+ Exhibitors supporting children & young adults up to 25 years with disabilities and additional needs, their families, carers and the professionals who support them Please click the link below to go direct to the Kidz to Adults Web Site

http://bit.ly/2xcqxA6

Please can we ask you to share this event Kidz to Adultz Scotland Thursday 14th September 2017 Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, EH28 8NB 9.30am - 4.30pm One of the largest FREE UK events with 80+ Exhibitors supporting children & young adults up to 25 years with disabilities and additional needs, their families, carers and the professionals who support them.

Plus 10 FREE CPD Seminars running throughout the day – topics include:Home safety in relation to Autism.

Jeanie Macfarlane, Senior Autism Advisor Scottish Autism

New Social Security Agency for Scotland Jeane Freeman OBE MSP Minister for Social Security, Scotland

Accessing Public Services – a problem solving approach. David Williams, Training Officer, Cerebra

Autism and Transitions: Getting it right to achieve positive outcomes. Lynsey Stewart, Strategic partner of the Scottish Strategy For Autism.

The Sleep Scotland model: a cognitive behavioural approach to sleep problems.

Jane Ansell, CEO of Sleep Scotland and Teens+

Managing continence in schools Davina Richardson, Bladder and Bowel UK, Disabled Living

The Benefits of Counselling Talk Time Edinburgh

Legal Matters, Moving & Handling and more...

Win £250 worth of vouchers!

Register online & attend an event in 2017 to be entered into the draw.

The winner will be announced on our website December 2017.

Email: info@disabledliving.co.uk or Tel: 0161 607 8200 www.kidzexhibitions.co.uk Tickets are not compulsory you can register on arrival. FREE Parking!

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Study days and Conferences

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.

At Disabled Living we have access to over 52,000 (continually increasing) people on our databases. We have had 386,926 page views, 98,945 visitors and 133, 845 sessions on our websites.

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. please contact Andrea Greenfield Email: bladderandboweluk@disabledliving.co.uk Tel 0161 607 8219

Loo of the Month “A whimsical outhouse set in among a thick forest of trees. A humorous office sign, life jacket and other fun items have been added for a good laugh Horizontal format for outside the bow thinking.�

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!!

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

Product of the Month For any commercial partners wanting to showcase products, we are always looking to promote innovation and new ideas in continence care.

Please contact Andrea Greenfield to discuss: Email: bladderandboweluk@disabledliving.co.uk Tel 0161 607 8218