Kate McMahon

Macmillan Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Palliative & Complex Cancers @WWLNHS Graduate of #olderpersonsfellowship @KingsNursing. Views my own.

[Kate McMahon @katemcmSLT]

Important findings for managers and policy writers ➡️ Improving access to primary care by reducing constraints on access during typical work hours could improve population health. Full article: https://t.co/GOS2f9nXO3

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

As #SLT’s we regularly talk about good mouth care as part of eating, drinking and swallowing recommendations. Day 1️⃣2️⃣ #evidencebasedcountdowntoChristmas is a review of NICE guidance for oral care management in care homes 2016.

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Day 1️⃣3️⃣ #evidencebasedcounydowntoChristmas The EURIPIDES study (Evaluating the Use of Patient Experience Data to Improve the Quality of Inpatient Mental Health Care) https://t.co/M3fNuspLzz

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

Day 8️⃣ Health Literacy interventions in adult speech and language therapy : a scoping review (McKenna, 2023) todays #evidencebasedcountdowntochristmas is vital to address the #fundamental of care of #documentation, #patientexperience and #safeguarding

[Kate McMahon @katemcmSLT]

Looking forward to this!

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

Great agenda for the @WWLNHS Community Research & Audit Event. Staff and academics from @edgehill and @ManMetUni speaking on innovative practice and a break with poster presentations and Athens support. Not too late to book on! @hadley_lesley @AmanjsSwift @WWL_NHS_PET

[WWL Macmillan AHP Team @WWLMacmillanAHP]

We’ve turned our Quality Board #RedForResearch @WWLNHS . For #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay on 20th May to #RedForResearchDay2025 on 20th June 🧐how can staff engage in research? 🤔how can patients get involved? 🤓what does the research say? #evidencebased #research

[Kate McMahon @katemcmSLT]

This systematic review of #dysphagia interventions for people with #dementia raises more questions than answers but highlights the need for further research - links to other articles in our series on informed consent and involving people with impaired capacity in research.

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

Day 1️⃣4️⃣ on our #evidencebasedcountdowntoChristmas
and we are looking at: A systematic review on dysphagia treatments for persons living with dementia (Wun Chan et al 2024).

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

On day 1️⃣5️⃣ of our #evidencebasedcountdowntoChristmas we’re sharing this great resource. The @AphasiaLibrary . First saw this on Bluesky and found their account here. Helping make research accessible which should help embed research in practise. #aphasia #slpeeps

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

8️⃣ today we’re reading ‘Predictive Value of the New Zealand Secretion Scale (NZSS) for Pneumonia’
(Miles et al, 2017) #evidencebasedcountdowntoChristmas

[Kate McMahon @katemcmSLT]

@BiozoonUK @WWLACSLT

[Kate McMahon @katemcmSLT]

A @BiozoonUK pint at the Rovers!
Nice one #corinationstreet highlighting an option available for those with #dysphagia that can’t swallow. My patient (who’s trialled Biozoon) saw it - visibility can be great for acceptance and integration.

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

⁉️⚠️ Advice needed⁉️⚠️ our provider for electrodes for surface electromyography (sEMG) is no longer supplying them. Where are #slpeeps buying their electrodes from now? #dysphagia @RCSLT

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

To protocol or not to protocol? The #VFS question! ✅reduces clinical variation ✅better study comparison✅validity ⛔️can feel un-patient centred ⛔️ feeling of screening unnecessarily ⛔️ differing protocols for MBSImp & DIGEST so locally adapted. We’re looking at ours ⬇️ 👀

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

1️⃣2️⃣ Role of speech and language therapy in managing dysphagia and dysphonia in lung cancer (Childs & Archer, 2019) #evidencebasedcountdowntoChristmas #mySLTday

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

5️⃣ looking at a swallow screen today, research that identifies what is within normal limits is vital

[Kate McMahon @katemcmSLT]

Day 4! Found this really useful for considering protocols, balancing radiation exposure with enough trials for diagnostic accuracy, we’re looking for a pattern to the dysphagia.

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

While further work is underway with regards to #VFS protocols, the authors advise DIGEST requires a protocol sufficient to show patterns. As a minimum: 5-6x thin fluids, 1x #IDDSI Level 4, 1x IDDSI Level 7

[Kate McMahon @katemcmSLT]

Day 3! Motivating evidence for using #EMST to rehab some oropharyngeal dysphagias. But putting this into practice requires review of funding pathways - are local SLT teams absorbing the costs? #EMST150 #evidencebasedcountdowntoChristmas

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

3️⃣ Expiratory muscle strength training improves swallowing and respiratory outcomes in people with dysphagia:A systematic review (Brooks, McLaughlin & Shields 2019)

[Kate McMahon @katemcmSLT]

Behind door 2️⃣! Useful paper to support #personalisedcare discussions for patients who are eating and drink with acknowledged risks of aspiration #slpeeps #dysphagia #evidencebasedcountdowntoChristmas

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

2️⃣Predictors of aspiration pneumonia: developing a new matrix for speech and language therapists (Ball et al 2023) #evidencebasedcountdowntoChristmas 🧵

[Kate McMahon @katemcmSLT]

Want to read along with our #evidencebasedcountdowntoChristmas? The advent calendar you didn’t know you wanted. First up, one for if you’ve ever thought, now I wonder if that would look different on…*alternative instrumental swallow exam*?

[WWL ACSLT @WWLACSLT]

Comparison of Simultaneous Swallowing #Endoscopy and #Videofluoroscopy in Neurogenic Dysphagia (Labeit et al 2022) is first on our #evidencebasedcountdowntoChristmas 🧵

[Kate McMahon @katemcmSLT]

Use of DIGEST for personalised care @livHeadandNeck. @kahutcheson with the reminder that not all aspiration is the same. Tailoring SLT intervention based on grade. Research to be published showing expectations of oral intake at each grade.