About the service
The Childrens Continence Service is a nurse-led service covering clinics at various bases throughout Southampton and Portsmouth. The team comprises of specialist childrens continence nurses as well as nurse advisors. Advice, support and care are provided both on a face-to-face basis within a clinical setting, as well as by phone.
Referrals are triaged by an experienced Specialist Nurse. Joint clinics are run by the Paediatrician and Nurse on a monthly basis.
A full bladder and bowel assessment is carried out when seen in the clinic and an individual care package will be implemented following this.
The aim of the service is to provide a locality-based multi-disciplinary team approach offering assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management for families with a child or young person with continence problems.
Please click on the links below to see information regarding our Southampton pathway:
What we do
The aim of the service is to provide a locality based multi-disciplinary team approach offering assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management for families with a child or young person with continence problems. Our service accepts referrals for:
- Nocturnal (night time) Enuresis (wetting)
- Diurnal (day time) Enuresis (wetting)
- Dysuria
- Frequency and urgency of micturition
- Constipation
- Faecal Incontinence (soiling)
The age ranges accepted by the service differ slightly depending on the area:
How to find us
Adelaide Health Centre 2nd Floor
William MacLeod Way
Southampton
SO16 4XE
Contact information
Telephone: 0300 123 3797
Open Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm
Email:
Southampton, Portsmouth, and West Hampshire: childrenscontinenceSAPT@solent.nhs.uk
North East Hampshire: childrenscontinenceNEH@solent.nhs.uk
- Children/young people aged 2 to 16 years with constipation and soiling, 4 to 16 years with day wetting, frequency and urgency, and 5 to 16 years with night wetting.
- Young people with learning difficulties can be seen up to the age of 19 years.
- Children/young people aged 2 to 19 years with constipation and soiling, 4 to 19 years with day wetting, frequency and urgency, and 5 to 19 years with night wetting.
- Young people with learning difficulties can be seen up to the age of 25 years.
Please note that the following referrals should continue to be sent to the hospital:
- Hypertension
- Haematuria
- Proteinuria.
Accessing the service
Referrals will be accepted from all healthcare professionals including, consultants (acute and community) GP’s, health visitors, school nurses and those from social services.
Parents can re-refer themselves if it is within six months of their discharge.Please use the following referral forms to make a referral or contact the team directly.
Further information
Please click on the links below to see information regarding our Portsmouth pathway:
- Care pathway fro constipation and soiling
- Care Pathway for Day Wetting
- Care Pathway for Night Wetting
Please click on the links below to see information regarding our Southampton pathway: