Useful Websites:
Useful Websites:
Websites:
Useful
Education
and Resources for Improving Childhood
Education and Resources for Improving Childhood
Continence
Education and Resources for Improving Childhood
Continence
Website:
www.eric.org.uk
Continence
Website:
www.eric.org.uk
Website: www.trusteric.org.uk
for young people
www.eric.org.uk
Website: www.trusteric.org.uk for young people
Website: www.trusteric.org.uk for young people
PromoCon Promoting Continence and Product
PromoCon Promoting Continence and Product
Awareness
PromoCon Promoting Continence and Product
Awareness
Website:
www.disabledliving.co.uk/PromoCon
Awareness
Website:
www.disabledliving.co.uk/PromoCon
Website: www.disabledliving.co.uk/PromoCon
NICE Guidance for Patients and Public
NICE Guidance
for Patients and Public
Website:
www.nice.org.uk/patientsandpublic
NICE Guidance
for Patients and Public
Website: www.nice.org.uk/patientsandpublic
Website: www.nice.org.uk/patientsandpublic
Healthy Eating - 5 a day
Healthy Eating
- 5 a day
Website:
www.nhs.uk/livewell/5aday
Healthy Eating
- 5 a day
www.nhs.uk/livewell/5aday
Website:
Website:
www.nhs.uk/livewell/5aday
Continence
service
for
Continence
service
for
Continence
service
for
children
and
young
children and
and young
young
children
people
people
people
Information
for parents and
Information
for parents
parents and
and
Information
for
carers
carers
carers
GHPI1239_05_14
GHPI1239_05_14
Author: Paediatric
Continence Services
GHPI1239_05_14
Author: Paediatric
Continence
Review
due:
May 2017Services
Author:www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk
Paediatric
Continence
Review due:
May 2017Services
Review due: May 2017
www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk
www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk
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Contact
information
Contact
information
Clinics are held around the County but you can contact
Clinics are held around the County but you can contact
us between appointments Monday to Friday at:
us between appointments Monday to Friday at:
Paediatric Continence Service
Paediatric
Continence
Service
Gloucestershire
Royal
Hospital
Gloucestershire
Royal
Hospital
Great Western Road
Great
Western Road
Gloucester
Gloucester
GL1 3NN
GL1
3NN
Tel: 0300 422 5308 (Monday to Thursday, 10:00am to
Tel:4:00pm)
0300 422 5308 (Monday to Thursday, 10:00am to
4:00pm)
Home and school visits are carried out if deemed
Home
and school
visits for
aretraining
carriedand
out support
if deemed
appropriate.
(Usually
in complex
appropriate.
(Usually
for
training
and
support
in
complex
cases)
cases)
Further information
Further
information
GP
GPSchool Nurse / Health Visitor
School Nurse / Health Visitor
NHS 111 (Telephone 111)
NHS
111 (Telephone 111)
ERIC Education and Resources for Improving Childhood
Continence
ERIC
Education and Resources for Improving Childhood
Helpline
24/7: 0845 3708008
Continence
Helpline
24/7: 0845 3708008
PromoCon
- Promoting Continence and Product
Awareness
PromoCon
- Promoting Continence and Product
Helpline:
0161
6078219
Awareness
Helpline: 0161 6078219
We are a small team of specialist nurses and a
We
are a small team of specialist nurses and a
nursery nurse. We cover the county of
nursery nurse. We cover the county of
Gloucestershire and our aim is to promote
Gloucestershire and our aim is to promote
continence in children and young people.
continence in children and young people.
A member of the Team will see your child or young
Aperson
member
of the a
Team
willfrom
see another
your child
or young
following
referral
health
person
following
referral (wee)
from another
professional
for aa bladder
or bowelhealth
(poo) problem.
professional for a bladder (wee) or bowel (poo) problem.
What to expect when you meet us
What
to expect when you meet us
We will ask lots of questions and these will allow us to
We
willout
ask
lotsbest
of questions
and
these
will
allow
uswant
to
work
how
to help your
child.
You
may
also
work
out
best
to help your child. You may also want
to ask
ushow
some
questions.
to ask us some questions.
Charts
Charts
We will ask for charts to be completed at home before
We
will
ask
for charts toThey
be completed
at home before
your
first
appointment.
may be simple
your
first appointment.
bemonitoring
simple poo’s
measurements
of drinksThey
and may
wee’s,
measurements
of drinks
and
monitoring
poo’s
or dry nights. This
will help
uswee’s,
to understand
your
or
dry nights.
This
will
help
to understand
child’s
problem
and
find
theus
best
treatment. It your
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child’s
problem
andcomplete
find the best
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important
that you
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them withthat
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clinic. these charts and bring
important
complete
them
with
you to the clinic.
Action
plan
Action
We aimplan
to offer a plan of action after each appointment
which
involve
yourofchild
following
a drinking
and
We
aimmay
to offer
a plan
action
after each
appointment
toileting
programme.
You
mayfollowing
be askeda to
keep charts
which
may
involve your
child
drinking
and
or your child
may be prescribed
medication
or a charts
toileting
programme.
You may be
asked to keep
combination
of
all
three.
or
your child may be prescribed medication or a
combination
of all will
three.
Ongoing support
be through further face to face
appointments
or telephone
appointments,
please
check
Ongoing
support
will be through
further face
to face
the informationor
in your
letters. appointments, please check
appointments
telephone
the
information
in your letters.
Further
investigations
such as bladder scans or urine
flow rates
may be planned
child.
Do not
Further
investigations
suchfor
as your
bladder
scans
or worry,
urine
these investigations will not hurt your child. We will
flow rates may be planned for your child. Do not worry,
explain everything beforehand. Or we may decide it
these
investigations will not hurt your child. We will
appropriate to refer to other professionals.
first appointment to check the answers.
Do share this leaflet with your child if appropriate:
your own.
Please do not think you are on your own.
uffer from a continence
“1 in 12 children in the UK suffer from a continence
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problem”
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or poos or(Problems
Have a go at this ‘Word Search’ and bring them to your
first appointment to check the answers.
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But you can help yourself by trying to follow these tips
to follow
these
tips
before
you come
and see
us.
Hints and tips to promote healthy bladders and
bowels for children and young people:
Drink more: You should drink at least 6 to 8 cups
althy• bladders
and
evenly spaced through the day – yes, even if you
have a wetting problem it does help
ng people:
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least 5 portions of fruit and veg a day
nk at least 6 to 8 cups
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