Thickened Fluids Risks RCSLT 💙 ⬆️ Increased: - thirst and dehydration - urinary tract infections - early satiety - altered bowel habits - oral and pharyngeal residue - LRTIs on aspirated thickened fluids ⬇️ Decreased: - health and social-related QOL - bioavailability of meds

#AJSLP study provides a comprehensive description of articulation, resonance, voice in children w/ Pompe disease, a rare genetic metabolic myopathy. on.asha.org/3WhbmS0 SIGPerspectives Univ. of New Mexico Duke Otolaryngology - HNS&CS #slpeeps Duke University School of Medicine Duke Health #AcademicTwitter CSDisseminate #slp2b

📢 RCSLT 💙's Giving Voice Awards are now open for nominations! Help us to celebrate people who’ve supported and championed speech and language therapy and made a difference to people’s lives by nominating them via bit.ly/3LJsegD Deadline: 5pm, 12 June #RCSLTAwards

📢Calling all nurses and AHPs in LPT📢 We're recruiting for the Director and Nursing and AHP fellowship 23/34: A bespoke programme for leadership, research and quality improvement skills. Application deadline 23 July 2023

An exciting opportunity for a dysphagia trained therapist to work in a highly skilled and experienced team, across children's inpatient and community settings! Come and join us✨ Clare Hazeldine jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

We’re trying to get as many followers as Rishi Sunak so we can show the government just how many people are prepared to fight for the NHS and its staff. Please can you help by following us and retweeting this?

London Paediatric Dysphagia CEN Band 6 role in paediatric dysphagia in Leicester. Join our skilled, supportive team! Shared caseloads, supervision and CPD, develop your clinical expertise and leadership interests Closing date 20 Aug Queries to Karen Jacobs 07717 150 339 jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Keynote from Ivan Browne on health inequalities and wider determinants of health in NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Particular focus on #poverty #deprivation and poorer health outcomes. Highlighting the importance of LLR Allied Health Professionals in improving health and saving lives.

National Speech & Language Therapy vacancy rates are at around 23%. Please consider signing this petition to highlight to the government the need for more SALTs. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6579…

"The links between AHP research engagement and positive care" (podcast) with Sophie Chalmers and Hazel Roddam, FRCSLT ↪️ What value is there in AHP research? OfficialCAHPR CAHPR West Mids CAHPR EM Hub CAHPR Midlands m.soundcloud.com/rcslt/the-link…

Useful article in terms of commentary from neurodivergent researchers, and for prevelance statistics. theguardian.com/society/articl…

📱 Too much #screentime can negatively affect: 🛏️ Sleep 🗣️ Communication 🏃‍♂️ The amount of time spent exercising ➡️ Learn more here: bit.ly/screentimeimpa… #healthforkids #mobilephones #screens #socialmedia #childhealth #kidshealth

During the fellowship celebration, the very first recipients of the Dr Anne Scott awards were presented with their trophies in recognition of outstanding achievements. 🧵