Lancashire Community Speech and Language Therapy

We are the Adult SLT team in Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. We are a small but friendly community team with a passion for our profession!

[Lancashire Community Speech and Language Therapy @CommunitySLT]

'Bye for now' to our hard working team leader & lovely friend Jan Huddleston who has led the Adult Community SLT service here for 8 years!👏🏻 Jan is taking a well-earned retirement for 1 whole day....before returning to Ribbleton Clinic to join Community Neuro Rehab part-time. 💐

[Lancashire Community Speech and Language Therapy @CommunitySLT]

@clairepetersSLT Great example!

[Lancashire Community Speech and Language Therapy @CommunitySLT]

Thank you so much to our local residents who are showing their support for the NHS at this worrying time by leaving messages of encouragement and thanks on our office gates. 🙏🏻
#ProtectTheNHS

[Emma Clayton @wildeemma5]

Wales have now banned pink mouth sponges from being used, following the death of a patient the head became detached and the patient inhaled it.

Alternatives include:
✔️ The 360 degree brush - soft bristles and the head cannot become detached
✔️Moutheze - soft rubbery fillamaents

[Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust @WeAreLSCFT]

Dr Gareth Thomas, Consultant Psychiatrist for Older People and Director of Medical Education at #LCFT, said: “I pledge to promote inclusivity, to encourage and embrace diversity and to challenge stereotypes and discrimination in all spheres of my work and life.” #PrideintheNHS

[Nutricia @ Congresses @NutriciaEvents]

Exciting talk by Prof. Pere Clavé on the Chefs’ Council at the Nutricia Satellite Symposium #ESSD2019: an interdisciplinary partnership that aims to improve the food experience for dysphagia patients with safe, nutritious and tasty food.

[Lancashire Community Speech and Language Therapy @CommunitySLT]

#ESSD2019 Recognises the importance of supporting Chefs to produce modified texture meals for people living with Dysphagia, that are tasty AND appealing to the eye 😋

[Lancashire Community Speech and Language Therapy @CommunitySLT]

Our Team Leader Janet Huddleston has been attending the #ESSD2019 conference in Vienna this week! (and celebrating her birthday there 👌) Will report back on some of her highlights from the conference soon....

[Giving Voice @GivingVoiceUK]

#GivingVoice to how speech and language therapy transforms lives during September's awareness events? Then these @RCSLT resources will help you to do that. https://t.co/mDyLUgz0zc

[STAMMA @stammer]

'The thought of going into a school and talking about fire safety was more daunting than running into a house engulfed in flames.' Read firefighter Peter's story on our website https://t.co/J5POYLAJna #stammering

[STAMMA @stammer]

There's a new group in Wyre and Fylde for parents and families of children who #stammer and it's looking for new members https://t.co/d8AoNurJwL

[Lancashire Community Speech and Language Therapy @CommunitySLT]

We are big believers in the power of Life-Story books for people living with dementia. Our fab SLT Assistant Holly works closely with service-users & their families to collate photos, special memories, family-trees & more, and helps them to reminisce & celebrate life together.

[Dementia UK @DementiaUK]

A ‘Life Story’ is a tool that’s often used by #AdmiralNurses. It involves working with families to create a Life Story account for the person with #dementia, to help them reminisce and to show others who they are and what they care about. Watch the video: https://t.co/7fSLgCsaOM

[Paloma Franceschi @DocpalFrancesc2]

Congrats Dr Kremer this is Wonderful&sensitive work evidence based @KulikovUNIATF @StanfordLngLife @DrDavidKatz @DrNealBarnard @StanleyCohenLaw @Arts4Dementia @DementiaAllianc @Twitsareangry @nicottorres1 @stanfordneuroi1 @TrueHealthINIT @TheCalmPeople #KindnessMatters @JETAR9✨

[Dementia UK @DementiaUK]

Inspiration gained from watching @BBCOne's #OurDementiaChoir has prompted one lady to establish a local choir for people living with dementia. Ruth Bowe started 'Dementia Sings Out' under the umbrella of the Community Choir in Wellingborough. Read more: https://t.co/deD7CwQsxo

[Sharon 🎗️ 🌻 🧡 @SharonBishopSLT]

Speech and Language Therapy is a really rewarding career. I graduated last year and am so pleased I chose to retrain. Every day is different, but I go home feeling I've made a difference to someone.
Interested in communication? Have a look at this course @SLTatBCU!

[Giving Voice @GivingVoiceUK]

Places available in clearing for speech and language therapy!
#alevelresults2019 #clearingAHP @PaulChapman09 #Clearing2019

[Yodapr56ya @yodapr56ya]

Big #ThankfulThursday to Jessica Matthews from @CommunitySLT who attended our Young Onset Dementia cafe on Tuesday to talk about word finding difficulties. All who attended enjoyed their summer time treats in the garden. Looking forward to our next meeting on 10th September.

[Lancashire Community Speech and Language Therapy @CommunitySLT]

@yodapr56ya Thank you for having me this week!