What we do
The service specialises in continence care and aims to help and support patients and carers as much as possible whilst they are dealing with incontinence.
This can include:
- assessment, development and ongoing review of treatment or management plans for your particular continence problem
- tips to promote a healthy life style and some behavioural changes to improve or control symptoms i.e. changes to diet or fluid intake
- light exercises i.e. pelvic floor exercises
- prescribe and review all medications
- support bladder or bowel training programmes
- provide continence products or appliances when clinically indicated
- catheter care clinics
- when appropriate, home visits
- continence aids to improve access to toilet facilities
- catheter care
- telephone support for patients and healthcare professionals
- training health and social care professionals in basic continence care.
You will get ongoing support whether you are a patient, carer or healthcare professional.
What we treat
Approximately one in four people will experience bladder or bowel symptoms. It can affect men and women of all ages. Despite being a common problem it’s still something that we may feel embarrassed about.
Seeking help can really improve your quality of life with the right assessment treatments and management programme. With the right treatments and products everyone can be helped to effectively manage, improve and in many cases even cure their condition.
Continence symptoms and problems can include:
- stress incontinence: passing urine when you laugh, sneeze or cough
- urge incontinence: not being able to ignore a sudden urge to pass urine
- Nocturia: waking up more than a couple of times in the night to pass urine
- functional incontinence: having a condition or disability which stops you being able to remove your clothes quickly or get to the toilet in time
- bowel incontinence: difficulty controlling bowel movements
If you’ve been experiencing any of the above speak to your GP or healthcare professionals as soon as possible.
Joint home visits are offered with Community Nurses to support housebound patients with symptoms of bladder or bowel and catheter related problems.
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