On board the Health Bus for World Continence Week

News - 22 June 2023

A local health trust’s Specialist Continence Service is marking World Continence Week and inviting the public to come along to meet the team.
On board the Health Bus for World Continence Week

The Specialist Continence Service team at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) will be on board the Health Bus on Tuesday 27 June to support World Continence Week. They will be stopping at The Lakeside Village in Doncaster from 9am until 4pm.

The Specialist Continence Service facilitates continence awareness and promotion to improve health, wellness, and quality of life.

World Continence Week runs from June 19-23 this year and around 14 million people in the UK are living with some form of bladder condition and 6.5 million with a bowel condition. One in eight of us live with an overactive bladder and based on the UK population, that’s around 8.5 million people. Around 61% of men in the UK will experience lower urinary tract symptoms and around 34% of women are living with urinary incontinence.

Donna Atkinson, RDaSH Clinical Team Leader of the Specialist Continence Service, said: “We’re keen to highlight facts around continence and explain how people can get help. Incontinence has a huge impact on people’s lives and we want to encourage those living with it to seek help to improve their wellbeing. We have lots of information, resources and goodies on board, we’re looking forward to people coming along to meet our team and chat.”

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