Anne Wright - Chair Expand I’m the lead consultant in charge of the Children’s Bladder Clinic at the Evelina Children’s Hospital (Guy's and St Thomas'). I work closely with the Nephro-Urology and Paediatric Neurology departments covering the full spectrum of bladder disorders from severe resistant enuresis to neuropathic bladders. I’m responsible for paediatric urodynamic investigation within the service. I also work closely with gastroenterology colleagues to manage children with joint bladder and bowel dysfunction. I work one day a week in the community in Southwark with responsibility for the bladder and bowel clinic, as well as physical and learning disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders (autistic spectrum disorders, ADHD) and child protection.
Kate Blakeley - Consultant Paediatric Clinical Psychologist Expand I’m a consultant paediatric clinical psychologist and work with children and teenagers across a range of medical specialities but with a specific area of expertise in gastroenterology and related surgery. As well as working with individual children and teenagers and their families, I also liaise with schools and other agencies. This work has always been in a multidisciplinary context. My approach is holistic and I work from a variety of psychological models. I work at The Royal London Hospital for Children and live in North London.
Fiona Cameron - Community Paediatrician Expand I’m an Associate Specialist in Community Paediatrics in Scotland. My interest in continence care started with my partner's stories about how his family reacted when he wet the bed and continued when my children also wet. Working in community care I have been involved in developing and participating in all aspects of the provision of continence services across Lanarkshire. We have nurse-led enuresis clinics and are hoping to appoint specialist nursing posts but at the moment the specialist continence clinics are mine alone. As a community paediatrician, I specialise in autism spectrum disorder, learning disability and behavioural management, so I am comfortable with the more complex continence cases. I coordinate local clinical meetings and was a founder member of the Scottish Continence Interest Group. I have three mostly grown-up children, two cats, three chickens and, as of recently, one husband, whom I met at a bedwetting conference in Malaga.
Barbara Steele - Community Paediatrician Expand I am Clinical Lead for the Community Continence Service at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust. This is the largest Community Continence Service in the UK. Our multidisciplinary team sees children with day and night wetting, constipation and soiling and delayed toilet training, including those with additional needs and where complex medical assessment is required. We value good links with GPs, Health Visitors, School Nurses, Gastroenterologists, Urologists, Neurodisability and CAMHS teams. I provide regular training on continence in children and young people for primary care clinicians and hospital paediatricians in and around Sheffield. Since I first started working in paediatric continence in 1998, I have found ERIC to be an excellent resource for professionals and families.
Alison Wardley - Community Nurse Expand I’m the team manager for children’s community nursing, including the children’s continence service, at Bedfordshire Community Health Services. My first nursing placement was on a specialist gastro surgical ward, so bowels were firmly set within the foundations of my career! I’ve worked in a variety of community children’s nursing roles for 20 years. Whilst undertaking my degree in 2011, I studied the benefit of community nurse-led bowel clinics and have since developed practice in our area. This has led to improved outcomes for children, teenagers and their families. I’m keen to promote early intervention and prevention by educating and supporting those who work with children to be aware of good practice in continence care. I’ve two teenage daughters, a dog and last but not least my husband, who have all learnt to tolerate toilet discussions as a normal part of family life!
Joanna Williams - Play Specialist Expand I live in Beddau, just outside LLantrisant, and work as a play leader in my local hospital, The Royal Glamorgan Hospital. I’ve worked on the ward for the past nine years. My role is to provide the children with distraction and play during their stay in hospital and help make their time on the ward less stressful. For the past year I’ve been involved with the constipation clinic, introducing play and coping techniques to help children who are admitted to the ward for clear-outs, and those dealing with constipation out in the community. I also rave about the help and resources that ERIC provide!
Janet Wootton - Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialist Expand I’m a registered nurse and midwife and have worked for the NHS for 35 years. Working as a school health nurse enabled me to gain the relevant experience to become an enuresis specialist nurse. I was responsible for developing an integrated Paediatric Bowel & Bladder service for York NHS Trust. This has provided nurse-led clinics in York and the surrounding area for children and young people with daytime and night time wetting, dysfunctional voiding and recurrent urinary tract infections and constipation. I'm about to embark on a new career as a Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialist – Paediatric Bladder Services at the Evelina Children’s Hospital in London. I enjoy singing, ballroom dancing, swimming and walking our dog Holly. My husband Chris and I have three grown up children and one grandchild.