14 November 2022

November 14th World Diabetes Day is a day dedicated to raising awareness of diabetes and its potential complications.

16 November 2023

This year, Stop the Pressure Day is being held on 17th November. It's an event launched by the European Pressure Ulcer Panel (EPUAP) and held on the third Thursday of November every year.

So what’s it all about?

02 October 2022

The 2nd of October is World Ostomy Day, a celebration that has been held on the first Saturday in October since 2010. Word Ostomy Day is a chance to raise awareness of what it means to live with a stoma.

08 December 2022

Around 13,500 people have stoma surgery each year. This means approximately 1 in every 500 people in the UK are living with a stoma.

19 January 2023

Between 1600,000 and 200,000 people are leaving with stoma in the UK. And around 21, 000 people undergo stoma formation surgery every year. That's a lot of people living life as an ostomate.

07 March 2023

After a successful event last year, MASD Awareness Day is back.
And from now on it is set to be celebrated on an annual basis.

17 March 2023

This year, MASD Awareness Day was held on 16th March. It is an opportunity to #thinkMASD and develop new strategies for recognising, preventing and treating the condition.

07 October 2023

OSTOMY AWARENESS DAY
Ostomy Awareness Day is a yearly event designed to bring awareness to the day-to-day realities that living with a stoma entails and to offer education and guidance on how to support ostomates in your life.

10 August 2023

Since it's always better to prevent damage before it occurs rather than treating it after the fact, those with stomas should use Medi Derm-S Barrier Film as part of their aily stoma care routine.

30 April 2023

The skin around a wound is referred to as the periwound area. And this particular area of skin requires special treatment while a wound is healing.