Peter Just
@peterdjust.bsky.social
Views here my own.
Work: external affairs & influencing at the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Research: @expremiers.bsky.social
Work: external affairs & influencing at the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Research: @expremiers.bsky.social
🐶 New job: rocking with Rocco.
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🐶 New job: rocking with Rocco.
🚨 Delighted and proud that the RCSLT is amongst these 30+ organisations calling for Govt action to fix the neuro workforce crisis.
📢 We need a stronger, modernised, multidisciplinary workforce to meet rising demand and deliver the best possible care.
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📢 We need a stronger, modernised, multidisciplinary workforce to meet rising demand and deliver the best possible care.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🚨 Delighted and proud that the RCSLT is amongst these 30+ organisations calling for Govt action to fix the neuro workforce crisis.
📢 We need a stronger, modernised, multidisciplinary workforce to meet rising demand and deliver the best possible care.
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📢 We need a stronger, modernised, multidisciplinary workforce to meet rising demand and deliver the best possible care.
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🚨 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
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
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🚨 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
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
📢 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...
▶️ Read our submission in full:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📢 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...
▶️ Read our submission in full:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🚨 New briefing alert!
🔍 Here's the RCSLT's full analysis of the 10 Year Health Plan for England:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🔍 Here's the RCSLT's full analysis of the 10 Year Health Plan for England:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚨 New briefing alert!
🔍 Here's the RCSLT's full analysis of the 10 Year Health Plan for England:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🔍 Here's the RCSLT's full analysis of the 10 Year Health Plan for England:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🚨 To mark #WorldHomelessDay here's the coalition RCSLT brought together last year calling for greater awareness of:
1⃣ the links between homelessness & speech, language & communication needs
2⃣ how speech & language therapy can support people experiencing homelessness
▶️ rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
1⃣ the links between homelessness & speech, language & communication needs
2⃣ how speech & language therapy can support people experiencing homelessness
▶️ rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
October 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🚨 To mark #WorldHomelessDay here's the coalition RCSLT brought together last year calling for greater awareness of:
1⃣ the links between homelessness & speech, language & communication needs
2⃣ how speech & language therapy can support people experiencing homelessness
▶️ rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
1⃣ the links between homelessness & speech, language & communication needs
2⃣ how speech & language therapy can support people experiencing homelessness
▶️ rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🤩 How can you go to Manchester and not meet up with The Legend Who Is Alex?!
October 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🤩 How can you go to Manchester and not meet up with The Legend Who Is Alex?!
😊 Great to catch-up with Dave Harford earlier to discuss the #InvestInSLT campaign and much more.
October 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
😊 Great to catch-up with Dave Harford earlier to discuss the #InvestInSLT campaign and much more.
🚨 RCSLT's proud to have joined the #ChildHealthWorkforceAlliance - 25 organisations seeking to build a workforce for the healthiest generation of children ever.
▶️Our briefing shows how Govt can make child health a priority in its NHS workforce plan:
rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
▶️Our briefing shows how Govt can make child health a priority in its NHS workforce plan:
rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🚨 RCSLT's proud to have joined the #ChildHealthWorkforceAlliance - 25 organisations seeking to build a workforce for the healthiest generation of children ever.
▶️Our briefing shows how Govt can make child health a priority in its NHS workforce plan:
rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
▶️Our briefing shows how Govt can make child health a priority in its NHS workforce plan:
rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
🚨 The #SENDInTheSpecialists coalition, of which the RCSLT is a member, has issued a statement on the 'Solving the SEND crisis' report.
✅ We welcome the recommendation on a joint SEND work plan between the Education and Health and Social Care Departments.
#SENDInquiry #SEND #SENDWorkforce
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✅ We welcome the recommendation on a joint SEND work plan between the Education and Health and Social Care Departments.
#SENDInquiry #SEND #SENDWorkforce
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September 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨 The #SENDInTheSpecialists coalition, of which the RCSLT is a member, has issued a statement on the 'Solving the SEND crisis' report.
✅ We welcome the recommendation on a joint SEND work plan between the Education and Health and Social Care Departments.
#SENDInquiry #SEND #SENDWorkforce
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✅ We welcome the recommendation on a joint SEND work plan between the Education and Health and Social Care Departments.
#SENDInquiry #SEND #SENDWorkforce
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🚨 Fantastic to see this quote from DfE minister @georgiagould.bsky.social on speech and language therapists breaking down communication barriers in response to a written question from David Williams MP on the RCSLT report 'A Profession Under Pressure' by @gillianrudd.bsky.social.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
🚨 Fantastic to see this quote from DfE minister @georgiagould.bsky.social on speech and language therapists breaking down communication barriers in response to a written question from David Williams MP on the RCSLT report 'A Profession Under Pressure' by @gillianrudd.bsky.social.
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❤️💔❤️ Amy Winehouse does Camden.
September 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
❤️💔❤️ Amy Winehouse does Camden.
😊 It's been a total honour and pleasure to be involved in the #InvestInSLT campaign these last 18 months.
🏆 It's one of the best things I've worked on at the RCSLT - and indeed anywhere and everywhere.
🙏🏻 Massive thanks to everyone who's been involved.
💪🏻 Let's keep up the great work!
🏆 It's one of the best things I've worked on at the RCSLT - and indeed anywhere and everywhere.
🙏🏻 Massive thanks to everyone who's been involved.
💪🏻 Let's keep up the great work!
September 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
😊 It's been a total honour and pleasure to be involved in the #InvestInSLT campaign these last 18 months.
🏆 It's one of the best things I've worked on at the RCSLT - and indeed anywhere and everywhere.
🙏🏻 Massive thanks to everyone who's been involved.
💪🏻 Let's keep up the great work!
🏆 It's one of the best things I've worked on at the RCSLT - and indeed anywhere and everywhere.
🙏🏻 Massive thanks to everyone who's been involved.
💪🏻 Let's keep up the great work!
🚨 Update on the RCSLT's Select Committee work.
🗒️The @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk has published our written evidence on how we think support for autistic people can be improved.
➡️ Read it in full: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
🗒️The @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk has published our written evidence on how we think support for autistic people can be improved.
➡️ Read it in full: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
September 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
🚨 Update on the RCSLT's Select Committee work.
🗒️The @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk has published our written evidence on how we think support for autistic people can be improved.
➡️ Read it in full: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
🗒️The @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk has published our written evidence on how we think support for autistic people can be improved.
➡️ Read it in full: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
🥳 Amazing!
🚨 Petition palindrome swiftly followed by the securing of a Government response.
🤔 How soon will the 100,000 signatures be secured?
✍🏻 Sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
🚨 Petition palindrome swiftly followed by the securing of a Government response.
🤔 How soon will the 100,000 signatures be secured?
✍🏻 Sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
August 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🥳 Amazing!
🚨 Petition palindrome swiftly followed by the securing of a Government response.
🤔 How soon will the 100,000 signatures be secured?
✍🏻 Sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
🚨 Petition palindrome swiftly followed by the securing of a Government response.
🤔 How soon will the 100,000 signatures be secured?
✍🏻 Sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
🤩 When I first saw this petition on Thursday evening, it had just over 1,000 signatures.
⭐️ What a massive achievement to have got so close to a Government response so quickly.
👏🏻 Huge well done to @prostateuk.bsky.social!
✍🏻 Sign and share here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
⭐️ What a massive achievement to have got so close to a Government response so quickly.
👏🏻 Huge well done to @prostateuk.bsky.social!
✍🏻 Sign and share here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
August 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🤩 When I first saw this petition on Thursday evening, it had just over 1,000 signatures.
⭐️ What a massive achievement to have got so close to a Government response so quickly.
👏🏻 Huge well done to @prostateuk.bsky.social!
✍🏻 Sign and share here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
⭐️ What a massive achievement to have got so close to a Government response so quickly.
👏🏻 Huge well done to @prostateuk.bsky.social!
✍🏻 Sign and share here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
🚨 Great to see this @healthwatchengland.bsky.social post capture how people value speech and language therapy and highlight some of the issues they face accessing it.
😃 Very good to see the RCSLT's 'A profession under pressure' report highlighted.
👏 @gillianrudd.bsky.social.
😃 Very good to see the RCSLT's 'A profession under pressure' report highlighted.
👏 @gillianrudd.bsky.social.
August 13, 2025 at 6:20 AM
🚨 Great to see this @healthwatchengland.bsky.social post capture how people value speech and language therapy and highlight some of the issues they face accessing it.
😃 Very good to see the RCSLT's 'A profession under pressure' report highlighted.
👏 @gillianrudd.bsky.social.
😃 Very good to see the RCSLT's 'A profession under pressure' report highlighted.
👏 @gillianrudd.bsky.social.
🫵🏿🫵🏽🫵🏻 Do you know a deaf child or young person, or adult supporting deaf children, who has gone above & beyond to raise the expectations of what deaf children can achieve?
🏆 Then nominate them for an @auditoryverbaluk.bsky.social Claire Campbell Outstanding Achievement Award.
⬇️ Details below.
🏆 Then nominate them for an @auditoryverbaluk.bsky.social Claire Campbell Outstanding Achievement Award.
⬇️ Details below.
August 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🫵🏿🫵🏽🫵🏻 Do you know a deaf child or young person, or adult supporting deaf children, who has gone above & beyond to raise the expectations of what deaf children can achieve?
🏆 Then nominate them for an @auditoryverbaluk.bsky.social Claire Campbell Outstanding Achievement Award.
⬇️ Details below.
🏆 Then nominate them for an @auditoryverbaluk.bsky.social Claire Campbell Outstanding Achievement Award.
⬇️ Details below.
🗣️ 'Christian?'
🗣️ 'No, human. Someone has to put all these southerners right, given they're living in a state of error.'
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🗣️ 'No, human. Someone has to put all these southerners right, given they're living in a state of error.'
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August 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
🗣️ 'Christian?'
🗣️ 'No, human. Someone has to put all these southerners right, given they're living in a state of error.'
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🗣️ 'No, human. Someone has to put all these southerners right, given they're living in a state of error.'
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🗣️ Walking through London the other day, a man stopped me, commenting on this bag, 'Hull?'
🗣️ 'Yes, I'm from there.'
🗣️ 'What are you doing London then?'
🗣️ 'Missionary work.'
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🗣️ 'Yes, I'm from there.'
🗣️ 'What are you doing London then?'
🗣️ 'Missionary work.'
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August 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🗣️ Walking through London the other day, a man stopped me, commenting on this bag, 'Hull?'
🗣️ 'Yes, I'm from there.'
🗣️ 'What are you doing London then?'
🗣️ 'Missionary work.'
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🗣️ 'Yes, I'm from there.'
🗣️ 'What are you doing London then?'
🗣️ 'Missionary work.'
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😊 Great to catch up with Jennifer Benson earlier and discuss all things speech and language therapy!
July 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
😊 Great to catch up with Jennifer Benson earlier and discuss all things speech and language therapy!
🚨 Update on RCSLT's Select Committee work.
🗣️ Janet Cooper's oral evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee's inquiry on The First 1,000 Days is now available online: committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
🗣️ Janet Cooper's oral evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee's inquiry on The First 1,000 Days is now available online: committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
July 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨 Update on RCSLT's Select Committee work.
🗣️ Janet Cooper's oral evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee's inquiry on The First 1,000 Days is now available online: committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
🗣️ Janet Cooper's oral evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee's inquiry on The First 1,000 Days is now available online: committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
🇮🇹 Just been discussing bella Italia with a colleague.
💡 It reminded me of this scene: descaling a tap, Roman-style.
♥️🧡 'I am a genius,' responded The Roman, when we reminded them of it.
#Italy #Italia #Rome #Roma #VisitRome #RomaIMorte
💡 It reminded me of this scene: descaling a tap, Roman-style.
♥️🧡 'I am a genius,' responded The Roman, when we reminded them of it.
#Italy #Italia #Rome #Roma #VisitRome #RomaIMorte
July 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🇮🇹 Just been discussing bella Italia with a colleague.
💡 It reminded me of this scene: descaling a tap, Roman-style.
♥️🧡 'I am a genius,' responded The Roman, when we reminded them of it.
#Italy #Italia #Rome #Roma #VisitRome #RomaIMorte
💡 It reminded me of this scene: descaling a tap, Roman-style.
♥️🧡 'I am a genius,' responded The Roman, when we reminded them of it.
#Italy #Italia #Rome #Roma #VisitRome #RomaIMorte
🚨 We're pleased to share RCSLT's written evidence to the Commons' Health and Social Care Committee's inquiry on The First 1000 Days.
▶️ You can read it in full:
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
▶️ You can read it in full:
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
July 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🚨 We're pleased to share RCSLT's written evidence to the Commons' Health and Social Care Committee's inquiry on The First 1000 Days.
▶️ You can read it in full:
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
▶️ You can read it in full:
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
😊 Not my average Sunday morning, and, I think, the first time I've been on live TV since my Big Breakfast appearance in 2001.
😍 But great to speak about 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street' on GB News this morning.
#ThatcherAfterDowningStreet #MargaretThatcher #Thatcher100 #Thatcher
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😍 But great to speak about 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street' on GB News this morning.
#ThatcherAfterDowningStreet #MargaretThatcher #Thatcher100 #Thatcher
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July 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
😊 Not my average Sunday morning, and, I think, the first time I've been on live TV since my Big Breakfast appearance in 2001.
😍 But great to speak about 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street' on GB News this morning.
#ThatcherAfterDowningStreet #MargaretThatcher #Thatcher100 #Thatcher
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😍 But great to speak about 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street' on GB News this morning.
#ThatcherAfterDowningStreet #MargaretThatcher #Thatcher100 #Thatcher
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