Continence Service
The role of the Continence Service is to provide treatment and management options for patients with bladder and bowel dysfunction.
The Continence Service is a small team of specialist nurses, staff nurses and health care assistants who aim to promote the management and treatment of bladder and bowel incontinence for clients who live within the Northern Trust area.
Services are provided at locally based clinics and, where appropriate, in the service user’s own home. The main aim is to promote continence and improve quality of life.
Individualised assessments ensure appropriate patient-centred treatment or management plans with onward referrals where appropriate. Training and education is also provided to community nurses, homecare staff, GPs, service users and carers.
Continence assessment and review
The continence service provides individualised continence assessment and review (both clinic and domiciliary based).
Treatment and management
We provide treatment and management options including:
- Pelvic floor muscle exercises
- Bladder re-training
- Lifestyle changes
- Dietary advice
- Bowel management
- Continence device provision
- Containment product provision
- Home delivery service
- Intermittent catheterisation
- Electro-stimulation
- Bladder-scanning
Referrals
All referrals to the Continence Service should be made through the Central Referral Management System on 028 2563 5521
Contact
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Central Referral Management System
Telephone: 028 2563 5521
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Continence Service
Spruce House, Braid Valley Care Complex, Cushendall Road, Ballymena, BT43 6HL
Telephone: 028 2563 5278
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