Continence advisory service

Children and young people clinic information leaflet

Who are we?

We are a team of Specialist Nurses and a Nursery Nurse. We help children and young people who have bladder and / or bowel problems.

Where will the appointment be?

An appointment will be offered in one of our Children’s Community clinics. These clinics are held at:

  • Hope Farm clinic, Ellesmere Port
  • Lache Health Centre, Chester
  • Blacon Children’s Centre, Chester
  • Princeway Health Centre, Frodsham.

What happens at this appointment?

We will discuss the problem and advice on appropriate treatment programmes. This process will require a great deal of time and commitment in order for the programmes to be successful.

If you are aged 14-19 and would like your initial appointment to be in the adult clinic please contact us on 0151-347-4207 so that this can be arranged.

What we need prior to clinic:

An appointment letter will be sent with charting to be completed prior to attending clinic. This charting is important as it will help us treat the problem more successfully. If there are any problems completing the charting please let us know.

Will there be any tests done in clinic?

  • Urine will be tested at the initial appointment to check for infection
  • We may do an abdominal examination to assess for constipation.
  • We may do a bladder scan to see if the bladder is emptying properly.

Things to do before attending the appointment:

For bowel symptoms:

  • Aim to have between 6-8 water based drinks per day. Space drinks out evenly during the day.
  • Eat a minimum of 5 portions of fruit and vegetables daily including a variety of high fibre foods e.g. wholegrain cereals, wholegrain pasta and rice, wholemeal/granary bread.
  • Do 60 minutes of exercise daily (this does not need to be done all at once).

For wetting symptoms:

  • Aim to have between 6-8 water based drinks per day. Space drinks out evenly during the day.
  • Avoid tea, coffee, hot chocolate, blackcurrant, any red berry drinks and fizzy drinks as they stimulate/irritate the bladder and may cause increased wetting symptoms.
  • Stop drinks 1 hour before bed. Have a wee before going to bed and another before going to sleep.

Please be aware

We do need a minimum of 48hours cancellation notice to allow us to reallocate this appointment.

Contact information

  • To re-arrange the appointment please contact 0151 347 4207
  • The nurse can be contacted on 0151 347 4217 with any queries / concerns regarding the appointment.
  • E-mail: eph.continence@nhs.net

 

If you would like this information in another format, please speak to a member of CWP staff or e-mail cwp.info@nhs.net.

June 2018, Version 1