The NHSGGC SPHERE Bladder and Bowel Service provides a professional, caring, confidential and supportive approach to people with bladder or/and bowel symptoms.
The aim of the team is to treat bladder and bowel issues and also promote continence. By empowering the individual to self manage their symptoms, by teaching behavioural and lifestyle changes that can promote bladder and bowel health. To provide this support, the service has two specially trained teams across the city.
These teams include specialist nurses and physiotherapists who can advise and support the person on improving their bladder or/and bowel symptoms or prevent any deterioration by facilitating and providing rehabilitative treatments.
If you wish to be referred to our service and able to attend our clinic please contact your GP, who can arrange the referral for you.
Take the Continence Challenge to find out about your attitudes and beliefs towards continence.
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Our Team
Our team consists of Nurses, Physiotherapists, Healthcare Support Workers and Business Support staff.
We are split into areas as per the service structure above and can be contacted on the following numbers.
North Team
- Clydebank Health Centre – 0141 531 6302
- Possilpark Health and Care Centre – 0141 800 0710
- Stobhill Hospital – 0141 201 3190
South Team
- Castlemilk Health Centre – 0141 531 8569
- Pollok Health Centre – 0141 531 6822
- Port Glasgow Health Centre – 01475 506 009
City Wide
- Clinical Nurse Specialist for Children- 0141 531 8615
- Business Support Team – 0141 531 8564
What We Do
Referral Process
For anyone who has symptoms of bladder and/or bowel dysfunction, a referral can be made into the SPHERE Bladder and Bowel service by their GP.
It is the responsibility of the referrer to over-rule all red flags prior to referring into the SPHERE Service. These can be found within the relevant NICE guidelines below.
N.B. As per the Continence Referral Pathway, all housebound patients should be referred to the District Nurses initially for first level assessment and our team will support, should more specialist intervention be required.