DS is almost 5. We have had problems on and off with him pooing in his pants since potty training 2 years ago. We finally managed to get a referral last June to the local NHS child continence specialist. Our appt was in November. It was very useful for me, but since then DS has got worse - we would have phases of pooing in pants then a week or two of it being ok, but since the appt and him having to talk about it he has been pooing in his pants most days. Our follow up was for mid Jan but was cancelled (by them, not me) due to the snow. I have now just received our revised appt - end of April which is almost 3 months away, will be 5.5 months since our initial appt and 10 months since our initial referral :( They are not answering or returning my calls to discuss rescheduling sooner. I can't bear the thought of my poor child pooing in his pants for 3 more months because the NHS is so overstretched and/or unable to reorganise appts sensibly.
DH reminded me last night that we have private healthcare through his job. TBH, at this stage I will just find the money myself to pay for it if it comes to that. So does anybody know of any child continence specialists that take private referrals? It's not an obvious one, like physiotherapy or hospital specialisms, where my GP will know somebody so before I go back to them for a referra letterl I want a few names to suggest.