It’s #SwallowAware2021 ! The lovely team at Bishop Auckland Hospital are holding an awareness raising drop in. Trying out all the IDDSI levels and learning about signs of swallowing difficulties. @CDDFTSpeechDept@CDDFTLearning@CDDFTNHS
Fantastic day at the AHP conference.
All brilliant talks and great information shared with opportunities for reflection 🤗
#AHP#AHPsDay2024#conference#STSFT
Our Speech & Language Therapist Clinical Lead Clare Byrne, who is passionate about breaking down communication barriers for service users she works with, has been shortlisted for an award at the National Learning Disabilities & Autism Awards NI. Good luck.
#teamSHSCT#LDAwardsNI
Did you know that you can just send a SMS text message to the UK 999 service when there is an emergency?
This service enables deaf, hard of hearing and speech-impaired people in the UK to send a SMS message to reach the police, ambulance, fire rescue or coastguard. (1/3)
33/#365papers - Focus Week: Swallow rehab
I'll be using this paper as my swallow rehab bible from now on. It maps article findings onto the MBSImP components and tells you what exercises are backed by research for each physiological target (1/2)
https://t.co/CiY4iSPp7n
October is AAC awareness month so I thought I'd re-share the four Ps model we use to describe the different types of AAC at @barnsleyAT.
I prefer these terms to 'low tech' and 'high tech' as they give equal value to all forms of AAC, which people might use alone or together.
Most mental health services & therapies are verbally mediated -with the high prevalence of language & communication needs in this population, it's vital that SLTs are embedded in mental health teams to support access to required interventions #WorldMentalHealthDay2022#SLTsinMH
Nice to see Boro's support for @chris_kammy after recently speaking out about his experience with apraxia and giving an honest account of how it feels 👏🏻 #yourenotafraud
@speechie_tess Hi Tess, we have a couple in the North East in @TEWV
This one is a 5-6 progression post in secure inpatient services:
https://t.co/uZQiYjqofn
So horrific to read. Unimaginable to live through.
"However indebted you feel to the NHS, don’t be afraid to challenge decisions if you have good reason to."
I’ve been thinking about this piece for a year. There’s so much more I could say. The only thing that matters is that Martha should be alive today…
‘We had such trust, we feel such fools’: how shocking hospital mistakes led to our daughter’s death https://t.co/DzNearcQeQ