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fewtrella1.bsky.social
@fewtrella1.bsky.social
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Advocating for Cognitive Communication Disorder post Covid.
Long Covid.
Dysautonomia.
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RCSLT Giving Voice Award winner 2023

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peterdjust.bsky.social
💥 Breaking news!

📰 Check out RCSLT's response to the Budget issued with the rest of the #InvestInSLT home team.

📢 The need to invest in SLT, improve workforce planning, and the recruitment, retention, and CPD for SLTs remains as urgent as ever.

www.rcslt.org/news/our-res...
Our response to the Budget | RCSLT
www.rcslt.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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peterdjust.bsky.social
🚨 The @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk has published its report.

🔍 The RCSLT's analysing the report but we're pleased to see:
1⃣ our evidence on speech, language, and communication quoted
2⃣ echoes of our #InclusiveParliament work

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committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...
New autism strategy must deliver change for autistic people - Committees - UK Parliament
This is the key conclusion reached by the House of Lords special inquiry committee on the Autism Act 2009 in its report ‘Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy’.&...
committees.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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peterdjust.bsky.social
💥 RCSLT news flash!

📰 Our statement on the @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk report is just out!

www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-w...
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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peterdjust.bsky.social
📢 @gillianrudd.bsky.social @mikeys-wish.bsky.social @pamslater26.bsky.social @fewtrella1.bsky.social @dharford79.bsky.social @francescaslt.bsky.social @georgiawilson1.bsky.social - it looks like the Govt is doing our #InvestInSLT campaigning for us!

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November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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peterdjust.bsky.social
🚨With the Budget just a day away, some quotes from ministers and NICE over the past few months which kind of highlight why the Govt needs to #InvestInSLT and publish its SLT Action Plan.

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“Speech and language therapists break down communication barriers, unlocking learning, inclusion, and opportunity for every child. They play a critical role in early intervention for children and young people.” Georgia Gould, education minister, September 2025 Quote by Dr Zubir Ahmed, UK Minister for Health Innovation and Safety, November 2025: ‘We recognise the impact that long waits to access speech and language and occupational therapy can have on the individual, their families and carers. We are working closely with NHS England to improve access to community health services and on actions to reduce long waits for people of all ages.’ Quote by Baroness Merron, UK Minister for Women's Health and Mental Health, November 2025: ‘The Government recognises the important role that speech and language therapy services play in supporting people to overcome health and social barriers and enhancing overall quality of life.’ Extract on guideline on rehabilitation for chronic neurological disorders including acquired brain injury: ‘Improved speech, language and communication may also increase participation in education and employment offering broader social and economic benefits.’
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
fewtrella1.bsky.social
peterdjust.bsky.social Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · Oct 31
📢 RCSLT highlighted the need to #InvestInSLT in our submission to The Treasury's Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation and referenced @mikeys-wish.bsky.social's petition.

▶️ Read our submission in full:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
Screenshot of RCSLT submission to the Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation. Screenshot of RCSLT submission to the Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation. Screenshot of RCSLT submission to the Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation.
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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carolinebowen.bsky.social Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · Nov 1
Hello 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES, SLT advocates, parents of children & young people with #SLCN & other dedicated #childSPEECHdis #devLANGdis 💃🕺movers & shakers. The #INVESTinSLT push has important implications internationally. Please amplify📣 this message 🇬🇧 #budget2025🇬🇧 #budget25🇬🇧 @ukparliament.parliament.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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gillianrudd.bsky.social
"Recruitment is one side of the coin, but retention is the other."

During the #InvestInSLT debate on 27 Jan 2025, Dave Robertson, MP for Lichfield, recognised the issues with burnout, insufficient support and unsustainable workloads in speech and language therapy.
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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gillianrudd.bsky.social
"The current system is underfunded, overstretched and unprepared for the future."

Sureena Brackenridge @sureenawne.bsky.social, MP, speaking at the #InvestInSLT speech and language therapy debate on 27 January 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
fewtrella1.bsky.social
Kindly share please.
#InvestinSLT
gillianrudd.bsky.social Gillian Rudd @gillianrudd.bsky.social · 25d
"Speech and language therapists are overstretched, underfunded and working in systems that fail to meet the demands of local needs."

Shockat Adam @shockatadam.bsky.social at the #InvestInSLT Speech and Language Therapy debate on 27 January 2025: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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gillianrudd.bsky.social
"Speech and language therapists are overstretched, underfunded and working in systems that fail to meet the demands of local needs."

Shockat Adam @shockatadam.bsky.social at the #InvestInSLT Speech and Language Therapy debate on 27 January 2025: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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@mikeys-wish.bsky.social @peterdjust.bsky.social @fewtrella1.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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gillianrudd.bsky.social
"How do the Government intend to alleviate pressure in this area? Do they intend to fund more places, especially at the university level? These are complex issues, and highly skilled people are needed."
@saqibbhattimp.bsky.social at the #InvestInSLT Speech and Language Therapy debate on 27 Jan 2025
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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pamslater26.bsky.social
Thank you Caroline for your support 💙
November 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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peterdjust.bsky.social
🚨 New briefing alert!

🔍 Here's the RCSLT's full analysis of the 10 Year Health Plan for England:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
Screenshot of a RCSLT briefing on the 10 Year Health Plan for England.
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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peterdjust.bsky.social
🎉 Happy November everyone!

😊 It's full of awareness events relevant to people with communication and/or swallowing needs.

📋 Check out our note on resources we have to support any awareness-raising you're doing.

#SLTAwareness #SLPeeps #SLT #SLT2B

www.rcslt.org/get-involved...
Giving Voice campaign – How to get involved | RCSLT
The Giving Voice campaign helps to ensure people with speech, language and communication needs and their carers and families' requirements are met.
www.rcslt.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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mikeys-wish.bsky.social
Mikey's MP @saqibbhattimp.bsky.social has written to @skinnock.bsky.social asking for an update on the action plan that was promised to the #InvestinSLT team for improving speech and language services
@peterdjust.bsky.social @gillianrudd.bsky.social @bammo44.bsky.social @dharford79.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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peterdjust.bsky.social
📢 RCSLT highlighted the need to #InvestInSLT in our submission to The Treasury's Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation and referenced @mikeys-wish.bsky.social's petition.

▶️ Read our submission in full:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
Screenshot of RCSLT submission to the Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation. Screenshot of RCSLT submission to the Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation. Screenshot of RCSLT submission to the Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation.
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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peterdjust.bsky.social
🚨 9 months since the #InvestInSLT petition was debated in Parliament, we are calling on the UK Government to:

1️⃣ Use the Budget to ensure sufficient resources for services
2️⃣ Bring forward its SLT Action Plan

➡️ Read our statement in full: www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...

#Budget25 #Budget2025 #SLT
Statement from the Invest In SLT home team dated 27 October 2025 marking nine months since Mikey Akers' petition was debated in the House of Commons.
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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carolinebowen.bsky.social
Hello 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES, SLT advocates, parents of children & young people with #SLCN & other dedicated #childSPEECHdis #devLANGdis 💃🕺movers & shakers. The #INVESTinSLT push has important implications internationally. Please amplify📣 this message 🇬🇧 #budget2025🇬🇧 #budget25🇬🇧 @ukparliament.parliament.uk
RCSLT letterhead Statement on the need to Invest in SLT - 27 October 2025 This statement is issued on behalf of Mikey Akers, Louisa Akers, Francesca Beard, Samantha Berry, Dave Harford, Georgia Leckie, Karen Massey, Sharon Oliphant,Gillian Rudd, Pam Slater, and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.* Nine months ago today (27 October) the House of Commons debated the Invest in SLT petition. We were delighted that our briefing for the debate was supported by over 40 organisations and by the very powerful contributions from MPs of all parties calling on the Government to increase investment in services and better plan for the speech and language therapy workforce. We were also encouraged by the Government’s response and by the pledge the Government made to the Invest in SLT team in March that they would work with us on an action plan to tackle the issues affecting access to speech and language therapy. We regret that seven months on that action plan has not yet appeared. So, today, and with the Budget on 26 November in sight, we are calling on the Government to do two things: 1) Ensure that the forthcoming Budget provides sufficient resources to the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Education, and other relevant Government Departments, so they can increase investment in speech and language therapy. 2) Publish the speech and language therapy action plan which they discussed with us in March. People of all ages with communication disability, difficulty, or difference, and those with eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties, and their families and carers have already waited too long for the barriers to accessing speech and language therapy to be removed. They should not have to wait any longer. Working with you, we will do all we can to make things better for people with communication and/or swallowing needs. But we need the Government to act – and to act now. Those we work with and represent deserve no less.
November 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
fewtrella1.bsky.social
#Language
#Covid19
Prof Louise Cummings
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(PDF) Language in COVID-19
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October 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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peterdjust.bsky.social
🚨 Check out this update on the #InvestInSLT campaign and the non-update (😔) on the SLT Action Plan.

#WaitUpSLT

waitupslt.blogspot.com/2025/09/miss...
Where is the Government action plan for Speech and Language Therapy services?
Earlier this year, the UK government committed to developing an action plan to address long ‐ standing concerns about the availability of ...
waitupslt.blogspot.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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peterdjust.bsky.social
😍 Am so proud of the #InvestInSLT home-team for being shortlisted for 'Best Lobbying Campaign' at today's Memcom Excellence Awards.

❤️ Thanks to everyone who made it possible.

➡️ You can read more about why we've been shortlisted here: www.memcom.org.uk/blog/success...
Best Lobbying Campaign
Recognising influential campaigns that effectively shaped public policy, legislation, or professional practice.
www.memcom.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM