Stoma and continence awareness day
August 4, 2026
To mark the stoma and continence awareness day, we will be holding an event on Tuesday 8 September 2026 from 9:30am to 3pm at St Chad’s Church Parish Centre, Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds LS16 5JT.
Service users, carers, relatives and healthcare professionals are welcomed to join us.
It will include:
- Information stations
- Specialist nurse advice
- Company exhibition
- Networking
- Complimentary tea and coffee
- Free car parking and free admission to the event
Information stations
There will be a nurse available at each station to speak you, to answer your questions or give advice on:
- bowel
- bladder
- stoma
- catheters
Frequency asked questions
- Is this an appointment, no its an information advice session for patients, carers and family new to service or known to CUCS for a long time. Those known to us it’s a day for saying hello how are you.
- Veuve access: St Chads is accessible.
- Is there any transport, no we do not provide transport you need to find your own.
- You can use the Google map navigation to get to the location.
- Are we providing lunch, no but we are providing light refreshments coffee, tea, decaffeinated will be available and herbal tea along with juice and biscuits.
- Timing of speakers, this year we have no speakers we are going to run 4 information centres on bowel bladder stoma and catheters, we are opening doors at 9:30am and closing at 3pm
For further details contact the Continence, Urology and Colorectal Service on 0113 843 3715 or info.cucs@nhs.net
