News & Advice
Welcome to the P&S Healthcare News & Advice Hub. Your go to place for practical support, expert tips and honest advice about living well with incontinence. Here you’ll find articles on everything from choosing the right incontinence pants and incontinence underwear to understanding how products like washable incontinence bed pads and sheets can help protect sleep, dignity and your home.
As a UK manufacturer of high-quality washable incontinence products, we design solutions for real people and real lives, including men’s and women’s incontinence pants, children's incontinence underwear, and a wide range of incontinence bedding. Our aim is simple: to give you clear, compassionate information so you can feel more confident about managing incontinence day and night, whether you’re supporting yourself, a loved one or someone in your care.
Making the Right Choice for Incontinence Products Without the Confusion
If you have ever stood staring at a page full of pads, pants, liners, bed protection and “maximum absorbency” labels and thought, I have no idea what I actually need, you are far from alone. Urinary leakage is much more common than people realise. NHS England guidance cites an estimated 14 million people in the UK living with bladder problems, and around 34% of women living with urinary incontinence. The Department of Health and Social Care has also said that roughly 1 in 3 women experience urinary incontinence three months after pregnancy.
The Women's Confidence at Work Incontinence Checklist
If you’ve ever planned your whole day around toilet locations, avoided light-coloured trousers, or sat through a meeting praying you don’t sneeze… you’re not being dramatic. You’re being practical.
Bladder leakage is common, especially for women, but it’s still treated like a secret. In the UK, around 1 in 3 women (34%) are living with urinary incontinence.
And it’s not “just older women”, either: after pregnancy, roughly 1 in 3 women experience urinary incontinence at 3 months postpartum.
Dementia & Nighttime Accidents: Bedroom Setups That Preserve Dignity
Nighttime accidents are one of those “nobody warned me this would be so hard” parts of dementia care. They can feel embarrassing for the person living with dementia, exhausting for the carer, and relentless on the washing machine.
The good news: a few smart, dignity-first bedroom tweaks can reduce accidents, shorten clean ups, and make nights calmer for everyone, without turning the room into a mini hospital.
And you’re not alone. There are an estimated 982,000 people living with dementia in the UK, expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040. Globally, dementia affected 57 million people in 2021, with nearly 10 million new cases each year.
Children's Waterproof Pants for School and Day Trips
Discreet Solutions for Active Kids
School runs, class assemblies, coach journeys, museum toilets with 30 kids queued outside… if your child has bladder (or bowel) accidents, public or group settings can feel like a minefield. The good news is you’re not alone, and there are genuinely practical, discreet ways to help your child stay comfortable and confident without turning their day into “continence management” 24/7.
In this guide, we’ll cover children’s incontinence pants (what they are, how to choose them), plus a parent-approved toolkit of tips for school and trips that aren’t just “buy the pants and hope”.
Toolbelts, Taxi Runs, and 12-Hour Shifts
Incontinence Supplies for Men Who Can’t Just “Pop to the Toilet”
If you’ve ever been halfway through a roof job, stuck in traffic on a taxi run, or locked into a 12-hour shift where breaks are more “wishful thinking” than guaranteed… you already know the problem:
When your bladder has opinions, you can’t just down tools and disappear for 10 minutes.
And that’s exactly why more men are quietly building their own “shift-proof” system using incontinence supplies for men. Not because they’re being dramatic, but because life and work don’t always provide the ideal setup.
