RCSLT - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month we are joined by Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs. We cover: Resignation of Sir Keir Starmer and what it might mean for health and social care. Good news in the King's birthday honours: https://www.rcslt.org/news/speech-and-language-therapy-recognised-in-kings-birthday-honours/  Updates from Northern...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In this podcast we chat with Carmela Miniscalo and Anna-Clara Reinholdson about their research which looks at speech sound ability in relation to language ability and non-verbal ability in Swedish pre-school children with ASD. The paper is: Miniscalco, C., Reinholdson, A.-C., Gillberg, C. & Johnels, J.A. (2024) Speech sound error patterns may...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month we are joined by Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Dr Caroline Walters, External Affairs Manager for Wales and Glenn Carter, Head of Scotland Office.. We cover: Election results in Wales and how we will work with the new government there. Wales State of the Nation report 2026: https://www.rcslt.org/news/rc...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month we are joined by Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs and Amit Kulkarni, Head of Research and Outcomes. We cover: Research Champions Professional Network https://www.rcslt.org/members/research/research-networks/#section-2   Relaunch of registration for Clinical Academic Mentors scheme https://www.rcslt.org/mem...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. World Voice Day podcast notes   For World Voice Day 2026 RCSLT President Nick Hewer met with two people with voice difficulties, Margaret Stoddart and Jono Organ. They chat about their voice conditions, the difficulties they have faced, how speech and language therapy has supported them and what life is like now.   About the speakers: Margaret   E...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In this podcast we chat with Hannah Waine and Sally Bates about their research which looks at how UK speech and language therapists assess children’s expressive language, in particular looking at whether their practices reflect  recommendations from the CATALISE consensus statements (published 2016/17). (CATALISE redefined Developmental Language D...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month we are joined by Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs and Pippa Cotterill, Head of Wales office at the RCSLT and they cover:   Second State of the Nation report from Wales - giving an update on what's changed since last year's report. Welsh elections. Westminster event on Primary Progressive Aphasia:...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the RCSLT covers:   Schools white paper in England and SEND provision- what we know so far. Scottish election manifesto asks: https://www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-scotland-publishes-key-manifesto-asks-ahead-of-2026-elections/  UK wide report on DLD in exams: New report calls...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the RCSLT covers:   Looking ahead – events on the horizon for 2026 including Scottish and Welsh elections, the NHSE workforce plan and other focus areas and SEND reform in England.  RCSLT workforce survey – call for responses to help us build the evidence base on vacanci...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the RCSLT covers: Big news from 2025, including RCSLT successes such as the Invest in SLT debate, Voicebox competition in Scotland, Language Launchpad and launch of AHPF Cymru in Wales; the budget in England. Lots happening in Scotland around children and young people. R...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In this podcast we chat with Loretta Gasparini about the research she led on finding a robust predictor tool for persistent language disorders. The aim of this research is to  identify young children who are likely to have persisting language difficulties, so that we can recruit them into research, build a strong evidence base and ultimately suppo...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the RCSLT covers: Update on the NHS in England. Curriculum review - our definition of oracy adopted and evidence based approach on adaptation for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. https://www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-response-to-the-c...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. Join us as we uncover the fascinating role of speech and language therapists working in awake craniotomy. We go to Birmingham to meet SLT Georgie Harrington and Mr Ismail Ughratdar, Consultant neurosurgeon to find out how they work as part of a team. Donald Innes, an expert by experience, who has had two awake craniotomies, shares his story and th...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In this episode we chat with Professor Bronwyn Hemsley and Dr Lucy Bryant, both of the University of Technology Sydney, about their recent systematic review of interventions based on Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition. The discussion covers: What was the clinical question you were trying to answer? How did you go about un...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month: Special guest Steve Jamieson CEO talks about: RCSLT’s 80th anniversary year https://www.rcslt.org/about-us/rcslt-at-80/   Annual conference coming up https://www.rcslt.org/events/rcslt-conference-2025/   Starting work on shaping the next strategic plan Inspire leadership programme update https://www.rcslt.org/learning/rcs...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In this podcast we speak with Anna Ekström and Olof Sandgren about their study of experiences of young people with DLD, which focused on language and communication in a school context. The study is guided by the following research question: How do young people diagnosed with DLD describe their experiences of language and communication in school? T...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month: Update on special educational needs in England and Northern Ireland. Partnership report on children's services in Scotland. CAUK training for parliamentarians as part of National Inclusion Week. RCSLT conference. Useful links: Sign up to our free Communication Access training: Home - Communication Access UK Book your...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month:   For Wales: Preparing for the Senedd elections in 2026: https://www.rcslt.org/wales/#section-2  Work has begun on a Welsh language version of CAUK training, funded by the National Lottery. (See original CAUK training: https://communication-access.co.uk/ )  What’s happened following the launch of the State of the Nation r...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In our update this month: Exploring the workforce implications of waiting lists in children and young people’s speech and language therapy services. Response to the 10-year health plan for England. Continued focus on SEND in England and proposals in Northern Ireland. Report from RCSLT Scotland with an experimental analysis of additional numbers of...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. A report, ‘ SLTs on the tight rope: Learning from the experiences of disabled SLTs in the workplace ’ (April 2025) by Mélanie Gréaux explores the experiences of disabled Speech and Language Therapists and what we can do to promote disability inclusion in the speech and language therapy profession. (You can hear more about this in the first podcast...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. This podcast is the first of two podcasts looking at the experiences of disabled speech and languages. We open in this episode with an interview with Mélanie Gréaux, author of a report  published early April,  ‘ SLTs on the tight rope: Learning from the experiences of disabled SLTs in the workplace ’. The report explores the experiences of disable...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. The June news podcast for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists featuring Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs. Published 16 June 2025.  In our update this month: - What the Chancellor's Spending Review means for speech and language therapy; - Developments across the UK covering children; the Health Select Committee...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. The May news podcast for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists featuring Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, and Steve Jamieson, CEO for the RCSLT. Published 27 May 2025. In this month’s news podcast RCSLT CEO joins us to talk about the 80th birthday celebrations; the Equality, Diversity and Belonging (EDB) work with m...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. The  early May podcast for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists featuring Derek Munn, Director of Policy and Public Affairs and Ruth Sedgewick, Head of the RCSLT's Northern Ireland office. Featuring: - Language Launchpad, launching Tuesday 6 May https://www.rcslt.org/northern-ireland/language-launchpad-project/ - RCSLT Northern...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. People with aphasia can have problems understanding or using numbers in everyday life - known as functional numeracy difficulties. However, testing this is hard because there are limited published assessments for functional numeracy difficulties for people with aphasia.  This study aimed to explore, validate and pilot a wide-ranging, aphasia-frien...