<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/DD3A7173-7C9E-4AEC-8023-C51FB43E521D" ns1:id="DD3A7173-7C9E-4AEC-8023-C51FB43E521D"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/48C90F0C-0B56-42A3-AF8A-5707DDCB78EE" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C3C30766-7ACA-4121-9D2C-769C3C1B332F" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C3C30766-7ACA-4121-9D2C-769C3C1B332F" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/1519CCE4-0261-4C70-BE05-3F816E4FFAAF" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2024-03-31T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/1B6E7A2C-307B-4071-BE4B-AB1EA7F1FCB0" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2023-09-30T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10089501</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>BBconnect - a people-centred, system aware design feasibility investigation that aims to define innovation opportunities, generate and evaluate viable ideas for more accessible, effective and integrated bladder and bowel healthcare services.</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>BBconnect is a people-centred, system aware design feasibility investigation. We aim to define innovation opportunities, generate and evaluate viable ideas for more accessible, effective and integrated bladder and bowel care services.

Clinician-led charity Bladder and Bowel UK and design specialists Lucid Group will collaborate in discovery, co-design and verification of the viability of potential solutions with patients, carers, clinicians and healthcare commissioners.

**Vision**

We have identified:

* Barriers to service-access, for people experiencing bladder and bowel dysfunction.
* Potential alignment to NHS priorities, to integrate care, focussed on people's needs.
* Opportunities to collect data evidencing positive impact on net-zero targets.

**Innovation**

The team has identified opportunity for a digital service aimed at:

* De-stigmatising early, self-recognition of symptoms
* Promoting awareness of the value of seeking early help
* Integrating diarisation of factors critical to care -- diet, medication, physiological measurement, exercise and lifestyle.
* Better self-management advice
* Improved data-gathering and sharing for comprehensive assessment, treatment and monitoring of environmental impacts.

**Challenge**

We aim to reach a design specification and business plan providing a value-inflection point for post-project investment in development, implementation and scale-up, leading to a sustainable, export-led, UK based business.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>