14. If you do not get better within 3 months your doctor should send you to another doctor. This doctor will have special experience looking after children with constipation

Respondent No.Responses
1Not necessarily to a doctor. Currently having treatment long-term with a health visitor.
2That's good as long as they explain to whoever what's happening.
3Good but I'd say 2 months because the child would really, really want to get it sorted.
Notes from discussion groupYes, clear.
No additional comments made.

From: Appendix F, Involving children in guideline development

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Constipation in Children and Young People: Diagnosis and Management of Idiopathic Childhood Constipation in Primary and Secondary Care.
NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 99.
National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health (UK).
London: RCOG Press; 2010.
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