Anne Wright

Paediatric bladder and bowel consultant

Area of expertise: childhood bladder and bowel dysfunction, childhood development and disability.

Biography

Anne Wright has worked in the children’s bladder service at Evelina London Children's Hospital since 1996. She was appointed consultant in charge in 2003.

One day a week she works 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, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Downs Syndrome
child protection.

Nationally, Anne is a member of the clinical guideline group for the NICE guidelines on enuresis and is the chairperson for the ERIC clinical advisory committee.

Internationally, she sits on the Board of the International Children’s Continence Society.

Further information

Evidence-based assessment and management of childhood enuresis.
Wright A. Pediatrics Child Health 2008 Dec; 18:561-567.

Constipation and incontinence in childhood: two sides of the same coin?
Clayden G, Wright A. Arch Dis Child 92:472-474, 2007

Toilet training. Chapter Fifteen in Finnie’s Handling the Young Child with Cerebral Palsy at Home. Bower E (edit); 2008 Elsevier.

Austin PF, Bauer SB, Bower W, Chase J, Franco I, Hoebeke P, Rittig S, Walle JV, von Gontard A, Wright A, Yang SS, Nevéus T The Standardization of Terminology of Lower Urinary Tract Function in Children and Adolescents: Update Report from the Standardization Committee of the International Children's Continence Society.

J Urol. 2014 Feb 4. pii: S0022-5347(14)00245-6. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.01.110. Epub ahead of print