RCSLT - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In January's news: - Workforce projects for 2024 - including roll out and embedding of the professional development framework; curriculum review; review of Newly Qualified Practitioner competencies; preceptorship; placement expansion; supporting the support workforce; career opportunities including enhanced practice and advanced clinical prac...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. What happens to children on a waiting list when they aren't receiving treatment? How many continue to need intervention and how many improve spontaneously? It's difficult to research because it's too hard to collect this data ethically and also without impacting the subjects and therefore potentially changing the results. Neverthele...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In December's news: - Roll call of the sucesses of 2023, in spite of the severe challenges - Key issues for the speech and language therapy profession around the UK at the moment - What to expect in 2024 This interview was conducted by Victoria Harris, Head of Learning at The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and features Derek...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. The RCSLT has published a position paper on the use of thickened fluids in the management of eating, drinking and swallowing difficulty (dysphagia).  In this podcast we speak with the team behind the paper.  We cover: Why did we create a position paper? How the paper was developed using a very wide group of stakeholders. The main themes of the pap...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In November's news catch up: - RCSLT CEO Steve Jamieson tells us about the many different places he's been to meet RCSLT members - across the four nations of the UK and in a huge range of settings. - He tells us what he's learned from that experience and how that is shaping his thinking. - Overview of the recent Parliamentary event...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. For Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day 2023 we pulled together a panel of two people living with DLD and a professor who is an expert in this field and one of the founders of the awareness day.  We cover: - What is DLD? - Why is it important to get a diagnosis? - What is tricky about living with DLD? - Is there anything good about it? -...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In October's news: - RCSLT awards https://www.rcslt.org/news/congratulations-to-all-the-amazing-award-winners/ - Party conference season - Intermediate care framework for rehab, reablement and recovery following hospital discharge - NIHCR evidence on aphasia after stroke - Focus on DLD Please do feedback on our podcasts to help us improve the...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. Most people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) will develop speech impairment over the course of the disease. Some will develop cognitive, linguistic or behavioural disturbance. Does this impact their ability to be involved in and make decisions about their healthcare? In this podcast we chat with Dr Camille Paynter and Dr Susan Mathers ab...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In September's news: - Autumn is a busy time in politics. Find out how the RCSLT is engaging to ensure speech and language therapy is represented. - Travelling around the UK - how the RCSLT is engaging with members face to face across the four nations. - Our submission of evidence to the Times Health Commission. https://www.rcslt.org/news/rcs...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In August's news: - Members - how to help us know more about the profession by completing your member profiles. (Login to your RCSLT 'My account' and click on 'Your profile' to access this.) - Takeaways from RCSLT visit to IALP 32nd world congress: ialpauckland2023.org/ - RCSLT outcomes work and ROOT tool www.rcslt.org/spe...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In this podcast we bring together colleagues to discuss professional development frameworks and ways to use them effectively for career planning.  We cover: What do we mean when we talk about frameworks? What are the types out there? Using them for career planning Using them for team planning Taking a flexible approach There's more alignment...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In July's news: - Response to the long-awaited NHS England workforce plan. www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-respons…rm-workforce-plan/ - How RCSLT is responding to shortages and waiting lists. - Senedd debate on criminal justice. - Student numbers in the nations. - Scottish children and young people posts for speech and language therapy and conversat...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. 'Primary progressive aphasia (PPA)' is an umbrella term for a group of language-led dementias which leave people unable to communicate effectively with others. PPA can have a devastating impact on people's ability to function and socialise. Speech and language therapy offers a range of potential benefits to people with PPA. However,...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In RCSLT's June 2023 podcast: Current themes in speech and language therapy including: an ageing society; workforce; SEND review; Community rehabiliation Professional development issues: NHSE (formerly HEE) projects coming to a close and achievements there; new support worker hub; professional development framework. For members, remember that...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. We all know that the NHS is under enormous pressure and so we need to start being more innovative about ways in which we can resource the NHS. Support workers, of course, play an enormously important role, both within the NHS and further afield. The RCSLT has developed a framework which is specific to speech and language therapist support workers,...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. This, the third in our series of podcasts looking at anti-racism in speech and language therapy, centres on the Anti-racism survey report Feb 2023 which was researched and written by SLT student and EDI rep at Reading University, Chloe Nkomo. Chloe talks about the key takeaways from her report.  She is joined by Dorett Davis, one of the founders o...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In RCSLT's May 2023 News podcast: - Dementia Action Week UK - Follow the @RCSLTNI account to engage with their Dementia Action Week Twitter Takeover https://twitter.com/RCSLTNI - Areas of focus including vacancies, prescribing, intermediate care, first contact practitioners, ELSEC - Updated healthcare standards for children in secure settings...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. Does knowing whether a defendant has a diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder affect how mock jurors rate that defendant's levels of guilt, sentence length, credibility and blameworthiness? In this podcast we chat with Dr Hannah Hobson, Samantha Gamblen and Claire Westwood about the research they did to answer this question and what it...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In April's RCSLT News podcast: New RCSLT CEO, Steve Jamieson, shares his mission for RCSLT and messages for speech and language therapists and the people they support. (More about Steve here: www.rcslt.org/news/royal-college…w-chief-executive/ ) We look at the results of the recent survey into vacancies in SLT services and some of the media c...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In the March 2023 issue we cover: - The context of speech language therapy in Scotland right now - RCSLT's five key priorities for Scotland - An important win for funding in Edinburgh - The UK budget - SEND reform announcement and what it means - An overview of a recent event in Swansea - Discussions about the HCPC fee increase - Two big camp...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. Artificial nutrition and hydration (AN&H) may be provided to individuals in the home environment, and family caregivers are often involved in the management of this intervention. This experience can have many consequences for families. In this podcast we chat with Dr Dominika Lisiecka and Dr Áine Kearns about their systematic review of family...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In RCSLT's February news catch up we look at: - The prescribing campaign - Survey of Speech and language therapy vacant posts - Anti-racism deep dive report for speech and language therapy profession just out https://www.rcslt.org/news/new-insights-in-our-anti-racism-report/  - Updates on specialised commissioning in England - Public Health S...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. We chat with Kerry, a registered nurse living with long Covid; speech and language therapist Rachel Nashed; and Professor Louise Cummings, to learn more about long covid, how it affects communication, and how can speech and language therapists support those living with the condition. Interviewees: Kerry Davies, (RGN) Registered General Nurse and C...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In this month's news catch up we look at: - Positives to come out of 2022 including raised awareness and apprenticeships - Focus areas for 2023 including workforce (England and Wales), Mental health and capacity, Covid enquiry and more. - Issues around the UK such as UK general election - and possibly Northern Ireland - and implications; and...

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In the December 2022 news we cover: - Achievements for the profession and RCSLT in 2022 - not least speech and language therapists continuing to deliver high quality evidence-based care in a challenging environment; but also in legislation; in guidance and secondary legislation; in research; and in collaborative working. - What's happening no...