Clinical expertise
Dr Anne Wright is the lead consultant paediatrician at the children’s bladder clinic at Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
She regularly treats patients with conditions such as:
- kidney and bladder problems in children
- childhood bladder bowel dysfunction
- urinary incontinence or overactive bladder including daytime wetting and bedwetting (enuresis)
- dysfunctional voiding
- giggle incontinence
- constipation and soiling (diarrhoea)
- toilet postponement
- neurogenic and neuropathic bladders
- neurodevelopmental disorders including physical and learning disabilities
- autistic spectrum disorders
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- down’s syndrome
She performs treatments such as:
- urotherapy
- non-invasive (uroflowmetry +/- EMG) and invasive urodynamics
- bladder scans
- neuromodulation/TENS
Locations
Our specialist provides care at these locations:
Biography
Dr Anne Wright specialises in paediatric nephrology and child mental health and has worked in the children’s bladder service at Evelina London Children’s Hospital since 1996. She was appointed consultant in charge in 2003.
She works closely with the nephrourology department and is responsible for paediatric video urodynamic investigation within the service, which also offers uroflowmetry with electromyography (EMG), bladder scans, biofeedback and neuromodulation.
Research
Dr Anne Wright has worked extensively with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as a member of the clinical guideline group for enuresis.
She is the president of the Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence (ERIC) clinical advisory committee and is the education chairperson for the International Children’s Continence Society (ICCS).
She also teaches and lectures nationally and internationally, and has published extensively on the management of childhood enuresis including studies on toilet training and the relationship between constipation and childhood incontinence.
