Toileting

Locala Children’s Continence Service

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For all issues around weeing, pooing, bed wetting, soiling and any other toileting issues Kirklees has a service called the Continence service.

The Kirklees wide Children's Continence Service is a 'One stop shop' for assessment, treatment, investigations, management plans and continence products. The team also work with the child/ young person and carers to promote and encourage self-care, where possible

In North Kirklees we support children with any continence issues

In South Kirklees we support children with constipation and soiling, toilet training and continence products

In South Kirklees children who have issues with wetting day or night need to be referred to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS trust by GP

Children are not eligible for continence products until they reach 4 years of age. In line with current guidance and policy there is a limit of up to 4 products that will be provided but this is dependent on which product the child uses. The containment product (i.e. nappy/pad) will be reviewed annually or sooner if needed to ensure that it still meets the needs of the child or young person.

Who is the service for?

Referrals are accepted depending on the child’s age, continence issue and whether they live in North or South Kirklees

Below are some of the issues that we see children for

Soiling
Day wetting
Toilet training
Bed wetting
Constipation

The service works with all children and young people including those with additional health needs/complex needs.

Once the young person reaches 18 years of age they will transition over to the adult continence service which is still part of Locala. When they do move over they will be reassessed by the adult team using the adult commissioning guidelines.

We take referrals from a variety of health professionals such as:

GP
Health visitor
School nurse
Consultant/paediatrician
Community nurse
Hospital

The referral should be done via the online referral form which the health professional can access or via our Single Point of Contact phone number which is 0300 304 5555 (choose option 1)

When our admin team receive the referral, the continence nurses look at these within 2 weeks of the referral being received to see what the reason is for the child/young person being referred. The family are then contacted by letter and offered a clinic appointment. This may be a telephone appointment or face to face. If the nurses need more information before the first appointment, they may ask for a 3-day bladder/bowel diary to be sent out with your appointment letter. This will allow them to get a picture of the toilet/continence routine of your child.

We run Kirklees wide clinics on a weekly basis & all face to face clinic areas are wheelchair accessible. There will be access to a disabled toilet at the health centres but there is no access to a changing places toilet. We do not provide transport.

Contact number: Locala Single Point of Contact Phone 0300 305 5555 (option1).

There is some good advice for toilet training available on this leaflet produced by the Portage service (click image to open a PDF in a new page):

Locala Children’s Continence Service

Useful links

Locala Continence Service