{"id":14627,"date":"2022-01-28T16:19:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguthealthdoctor.com\/?p=14627"},"modified":"2023-02-28T11:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:53:21","slug":"are-they-taking-the-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theguthealthdoctor.com\/are-they-taking-the-p","title":{"rendered":"Are they taking the p***?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you noticed the BIG decrease in public toilets?<\/p>\n

I know that I\u2019ve nearly been caught short a few times, when out and about!<\/p>\n

Now, a paper published in leading health journal, The Lancet, shows the hard data of the situation.<\/p>\n

Between 2015\u201316 and 2020\u201321, local authorities who responded to freedom of information requests reported a 19% drop in the number of public toilets.<\/p>\n

This plummet in resource was said to be the result of cuts to council budgets, as well as a lack of legal requirements for councils to make public toilets available.<\/p>\n

This has BIG implications. The Royal Society for Public Health reported in 2018 that around 20% of people did not go out as often as they\u2019d like, purely because of worries around getting to the loo.<\/p>\n

This rose to 43% of people who have a condition that might mean needing the toilet more frequently, such as IBS and IBD.<\/p>\n

Now, this clearly needs URGENT change. In the meantime, if you have a medical condition that means you often need the toilet urgently, you can:<\/p>\n

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  1. Order a \u2018Just Can\u2019t Wait\u2019 badge that you can show to staff in shops, pubs and restaurants. This can help you to gain access to loos.<\/li>\n
  2. Download the \u2018Loocations\u2019 app, which shows open loos around the UK. There are a few other apps doing similar services – have a hunt and see which works best for you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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