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.
Incontinence Bed Sheets Explained
If you have ever searched for incontinence bed sheets, you will already know how confusing the wording can be. One product is called a waterproof sheet, another an absorbent fitted sheet, another a bed pad, and another a mattress protector. They can all help with night-time leaks, but they are not all doing exactly the same job. On the P&S Healthcare website, “Bed protection” includes several washable options, from waterproof mattress protectors to absorbent bed pads, which is helpful once you understand what each one is for.
That matters because incontinence is far from rare. NHS-linked sources say bladder problems affect more than 14 million people in the UK, while around 6.5 million adults have bowel problems. Children are part of this picture too: NICE says bedwetting affects around 5–10% of 7-year-olds and 1–2% of adolescents, while NHS children’s resources still describe bedwetting as common.
So, let’s clear it up properly.
Bedwetting Pants for Older Children: Support That Feels Age-Appropriate
When a child is little, bedwetting is often brushed off as “just one of those things.” But when they are older, it can feel very different. Sleepovers start to matter. School trips become a bigger deal. Privacy matters more. And something that might once have been mildly inconvenient can start to affect confidence, independence and the whole family’s routine. NICE says bedwetting can have a deep impact on a child or young person’s behaviour, emotional wellbeing and social life, and it can be very stressful for parents and carers too. (https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg111/chapter/Introduction)
Incontinence Pants for Men: What to Know Before You Buy
Buying incontinence pants for men can feel more awkward than it should. It is also far more common than many people realise. Prostate Cancer UK says 3-6 million people in the UK experience urinary incontinence, and both Prostate Cancer UK and NIDDK note that about 1 in 3 men over 65 experience it. A 2025 study on men’s help-seeking found that embarrassment and the belief that leakage is “just ageing” were two of the biggest reasons men delayed getting support.
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.
