Children’s Bladder and Bowel Service
Who is the service for?
Children and young people, aged 0 to 18 years registered with a GP within Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
For young people and adults (aged 18+) please refer to adult bladder and bowel services.
What we do
We provide assessment, support, advice and treatment recommendations to children and young people with the following issues:
- Constipation age 6 months – 17 years.
- Daytime wetting age 5-17 years.
- Night-time wetting age 5-17 years.
- Children with additional needs who have delayed toilet training age 3.5-17 years.
- Children and young people with significant medical complexity where they are unable to become continent and are dependent on continence products (age 5-17 years). For example:
– Children with cerebral palsy Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) IV/V.
– Children for whom toileting is inappropriate i.e. neuropathic bladder such as spina bifida.
Contact your Health Visitor or School Nurse if you are not sure about which service or resource is best suited to support your child or young person.
Waiting times
Information on waiting times for the service can be found on the waiting times page.
Resources
Click on a link below to view a list of resources for the following subjects:
Related services
The following services may be of interest:
Information and signposting
If you would like to access some self-directed support, there are useful links in the resources section which you may find helpful.
Getting help
If your child is experiencing any continence difficulties, please discuss with your child’s GP, Health Visitor, School Nurse or any other health professional working with your child.
Getting more help (more extensive goal-based help)
If your child needs support from the Children’s Bladder and Bowel Service, a healthcare professional (such as a GP, Health Visitor or School Nurse) can refer them into our service.
I am a professional...
See the Bladder and Bowel Service page and the Constipation in Children page on Remedy for details on how to refer into the service.
Information for clinicians:
- Overview | Bedwetting in under 19s | Guidance | NICE
- Overview | Constipation in children and young people: diagnosis and management | Guidance | NICE
- NHS England » National primary care clinical pathway for constipation in children
- Overview | Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management | Guidance | NICE
- PIER Network – assessment of childhood daytime urinary incontinence.
- Children’s Bladder and Bowel Service FAQs
