Help shape the future of women's bladder care

Local hospitals, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, are working together to improve care for patients experiencing bladder incontinence and pelvic health issues.

Urogynaecology services across south east London have faced long-standing challenges: inconsistent access, under-resourced community services, and delays in diagnosis and treatment.

As part of our urogynecology system sustainability programme, we are developing new ways to deliver care that are more efficient, equitable and centred around what matters most to patients.

The programme’s overarching goal is to deliver timely, high-quality care closer to home, while reducing unnecessary hospital referrals and improving patient experience. Key objectives include:

• Strengthening community-based services such as physiotherapy and continence care.
• Introducing Community Assessment/ Education Days (CADs) for early intervention and holistic support.
• Streamlining referrals through a Single Point of Access (SPoA).
• Enhancing workforce training and retention.
• Promoting consistent use of clinical guidelines and patient education.

How people with lived experience can get involved?

Whether you’re diagnosed with or are experiencing symptoms related to pelvic organ prolapse, urinary/ bladder incontinence, pelvic health issues or other urogynaecological conditions this project is for you. Newly diagnosed or have been managing symptoms for years, your insights are valuable.

• Sign up by completing this short form to be involved in further work in this project
  By joining this work, you’ll help ensure that future bladder care services are designed with people with lived experience for them.
  
  We hold two focus groups (7 August 11am -12pm and 13 August 7 - 8pm) where people attending had the opportunity to share experiences and insight on how bladder care is delivered across our hospitals, as well as in the community. This feedback will directly influence how we design services.