Bladder & Bowel UK
National Symposium
Midlands 2026
Wed 23rd Sept 2026
Coventry Building Society Arena,
Coventry, CV6 6GE.
Our symposium features an impressive line-up of expert speakers and enlightening sessions designed for professionals dedicated to bladder and bowel health. The topics and speakers are now available for you to explore.
Delegates can anticipate a rich array of concurrent educational sessions, with specialised streams focusing on both adult and paediatric care, empowering all attendees to deepen their knowledge and impact.
Celebrating
30 years of bladder & bowel care.
Speakers & sessions
Meet our adult and paediatric expert speakers
Attending the symposium will contribute to NMC revalidation and CPD for other healthcare professionals with an official certificate of attendance is provided.
*Due to unforeseeable circumstances, some topics may change
Adult stream
Ketamine bladder
Jasmine King
Urology Nure specialist, North Bristol NHS Trust
Clozapine and Gastrointestinal Hypomotility
Katie Evans
Lead Pharmacist for Adult Mental Health / Vice President of College of Mental Health Pharmacy, Cardiff and Vale and College of Mental Health Pharmacy
Prostate/LUTS care treatment
Kelly Kusinski
Urology Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Service provision and treatment for bowel care
Jodie Butler
Specialist Bowel Nurse, FINCH Team Sandwell
Perinatal Pelvic Health
Tonya Potter & Holly Davies
Specialist Midwife & Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Perinatal Pelvic Health Service, North Central London
Peer to peer supervision
Kerry Lloyd
Peer-to-peer Lead, Wellspect Healthcare
Abdominal massage device
MooWoot represtenative Nurse
Paediatric stream
Building rapport with paediatric pelvic health patients
Samantha Vincent
Lead Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Senior Lecturer, MASIC Trustee, The Hillingdon Hospital
Transition
Winnie Nugent
Guy’s and St Thomas
National update
Davina Richardson
Children’s Specialist Nurse, Bladder & Bowel UK
Structural and neurogenic causes of urinary incontinence
Arash Taghizadeh
Consultant Paediatric nephrologist, Evelina Children’s Hospital
Constipation
Hema Kannappan
Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Supporting autistic children with toileting difficulties
Lorraine MacAlister
Senior Trainer Consultant – Conference & Events Lead, National Autistic Society
Caring for the system as a whole: The impact of incontinence care on families and support networks
Sonya Carassik Ratty
Chief Executive, Disabled Living
Bladder & Bowel UK
Poster presentation
A new opportunity to share research and innovation on a national stage with Bladder & Bowel UK
We’re excited to launch a new opportunity for 2026 at the Bladder & Bowel UK National Symposium: poster presentations showcasing research, innovation and excellence in bladder and bowel care.
For the first time, we are inviting abstracts from clinicians and researchers to present their work at the symposium on 23 September 2026 at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
This is your chance to share your work with a national audience and contribute to improving bladder and bowel care across all ages
Delegate testimonials
Don’t take our word for it!
Incredible – brings a whole new level of enthusiasm, and it’s so great for networking. Thank you so much – it is always great and I look forward to the symposia every year.
Paediatric Bladder and Bowel Nurse
Affordable – so many courses and events are expensive, but this one is accessible and great value.
Pelvic Health Physiotherapist
I always enjoy attending these sessions and go away with new knowledge & ideas on how to improve my own service.
Specialist Nurse
I love it when presenters include photos of pathologies, detailed diagrams, or images of medical devices—it makes the topic so much more engaging and easier to grasp, especially when it’s outside my area of expertise”
Continence Physiotherapist
The insights on nurse education development and effective training were invaluable, as was the session on supporting education staff with CIC and medical needs. Fantastic event – I’ll definitely be attending the next one!”
Community Nurse
The Pelvic Floor School was incredibly passionate and inspiring. It motivated me to take the next step toward using external observations and to explore new ways of using our bladder scanner. Hearing directly from a Dad about his experiences with TAI during a case study session was particularly powerful and moving.
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Concurrent educational streams provide delegates with the opportunity to access a broad adult or paediatric programme with intervals to explore an extensive exhibition including company representatives and charitable services.
Attending the symposium will contribute to 7 hours NMC revalidation and CPD for other healthcare professionals. An official certificate of attendance is provided at the end of the event.
The Symposium is aimed at a wide range of healthcare professionals, including specialists, urologist, general, children’s and school nurses, allied healthcare professionals and those who work in residential and care homes.
Parking at the arena is free for all delegates. Just enter the code ‘BBUK26′ into the ticket machine located inside and outside the venue.
Included in the price is:
Breakfast refreshments – pastries, fresh fruit, tea and coffee.
Networking lunch – a buffet-style lunch is provided with drinks
Any dietary requirements can be specified during he booking process
Delegates are asked to remain in their chosen stream unless permission has been given prior to the event.
Yes, there is an extensive exhibition, where you will have several opportunities throughout the day to explore and speak with continence product reps and charitable services
Sponsors partners 2026
Premium Sponsor Qufora is a medical device company that works to enable people with chronic bowel disorders to live a better
life. They are building a center of excellence to find solutions for people with bowel disorders through innovation. Solutions that set new standards and make toilet routines as effortless and natural as possible for users.
Media partners 2026
Media Partner UCCT is a free resource for everyone delivering urology and continence care, today. Access the information and tools you need to develop your clinical and personal skills and knowledge, and share your experiences here so your peers can benefit too. Sign up to our monthly newsletter to get updates straight to your inbox.
Who can attend?
The Symposium is aimed at a wide range of healthcare professionals including specialist, urology, general, children’s and school nurses, allied healthcare professionals and those who work in residential and care homes.
How this symposium is delivered
There will be concurrent educational streams providing delegates with the opportunity to access a broad adult and paediatric programme.
A light lunch is provided with intervals to explore an extensive exhibition including company representatives and charitable services.
Attending the symposium will contribute to NMC revalidation and CPD for other healthcare professionals. An official certificate of attendance is provided.
