This service offers confidential, friendly advice, help and support from a qualified children’s nurse who specialises in continence problems. An individual continence assessment is carried out to develop a treatment plan which is tailored to the child/young person’s needs. The service supports children and young people up to the age of 19 years old with:

. Persistent bed wetting/ nocturnal enuresis
. Persistent constipation / soiling/ stool withholding
. Day time wetting/Frequent and/or urgent need to use the toilet during the day / overactive bladder
. Delayed toilet training
. Need for prescribed specialist aids and equipment for management of continence

There is an adult Bladder and Bowel Service for people aged 18 years and over. The Gateshead branch can be contacted on 0191 4458417.

Open times: Mon-Fri 9.00am – 4.30pm