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New website launches to improve gut diagnosis

Guts UK Charity is proud to announce the launch of a brand new website, What’s Up With My Gut, designed to support people trying to get a diagnosis for gut problems. Getting the right support...

3rd July 2024

How to deal with Creon, Nutrizym or Pancrex supply issues

Download printable version (262.7KB pdf) UPDATE – JUNE 2024: READ MORE HERE OVERVIEW You might have noticed supply issues with pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT), sometimes also called pancreatin. This situation has progressed. It has...

16th April 2024

Testing for blood in your poo: the home test kit

Update January 2025:   People in England aged 50 and 52 are starting to automatically receive a postal home test kit every two years when they become eligible for bowel cancer screening. People in England...

3rd April 2024

An unlabelled faecal immunochemical test sample tube lies on top of a sheet of paper that reads faecal immunochemical test test return envelope with instructions on top of a wooden table.

Who is Colin the Inflatable Colon?

You might know of the Guts UK charity legend, Colin the Inflatable Colon, but if this is your first time hearing of him, fear not, because you are in for a treat! Let’s get to...

20th March 2024

Colin the inflatable colon at an outdoor event

Flushing away the poo taboo, together!

What is it that stops us from talking about our digestive health, or poo, as openly as we’d talk about having a cold, a headache or back pain? After all, our poo is an indication...

7th March 2024

What are gallstones?

We’ve all heard of gallstones, but what are they, why are they made and who do they affect? What are gallstones? When produced, gallstones live in the gallbladder, which stores bile for us between meals....

24th February 2024