Relief from incontinence poverty: our initiative

Bladder and bowel continence problems are far more common than most of us realise. In fact, around 1 in 10 adults in the UK are affected by bowel incontinence and more than 3 in every 10 women live with bladder incontinence.*

Worryingly, as the cost-of-living crisis deepens, we’re hearing that more and more people are unable to afford essential incontinence products to help them manage the condition. This issue, which can really affect people's quality of life as well as their mental and physical health, has been termed “incontinence poverty".

Helping people live confidently with incontinence is an area NRS Healthcare & Complete Care Shop has tremendous expertise in, so we are absolutely delighted to be able to announce a new initiative. We want to make a real difference, so we've teamed up with the charity Bladder and Bowel UK to give away free packs of incontinence products to help support people in need.

For further information, do please read our related articles:

• Incontinence poverty is soaring: how Complete Care Shop is helping
• Family Guide to Incontinence
• Incontinence: the unspoken subject
• Tips for dealing with incontinence while travelling

and visit www.bbuk.org.uk.

*Patrick DL, Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Yalcin I, Wagner TH, Buesching DP. Quality of life of women with urinary incontinence: further development of the incontinence quality of life instrument (I-QOL). Urology. 1999 Jan;53(1):71-6.

^†While stocks last. Free postage to your home. Maximum two orders per household.