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One week to go to the National Health and Social Care Professionals #HSCP Day. The Cork University Hospitals organising committee are busy at work making all the preparations for the event - which will be held in the Atrium CRC at 10am - 11:30am next Friday 1st Feb. National HSCP Office, HSE #WeHSCPs

Dr Conor Deasy, Clinical Lead for Major Trauma Audit presenting the key findings arising from the National Report 2017. Key finding is that low falls continue to be the highest cause of major trauma, with 57% of all traumas. 1 in 2 traumas occur in the home #NOCA2019 RCSI

We are delighted to announce stroke survivor @KieronOC will have his photography on display at the Cork Stroke Rehab Conference #CorkStrokeRehab

2019 is the Golden Anniversary of Speech & Language Therapy Education in Ireland. CUH is hosting Dr. Rozann Diez Gross on the 10th April as a Master Speaker for the CUH Grand Rounds - Further details of the full events for the day - bit.ly/2ufNjXn #50yearsSLT

#IHFStrokeConference2019 @HSE_CSP Prof. Ronan Collins Excellent Early Supported Discharge in Stroke presented at the IHF Stroke Conference

50 years Speech therapy Ireland- CUH dysphagia pathway. A way to use shared language across different services.

Congratulations to all involved in the Food, Nutrition & Hydration policy launched today by Simon Harris TD INDI Margaret O' Neill HealthyIreland Anne Marie Bennett IrSPEN

Our new patient information leaflets arrived yesterday! They’ve been revamped in line with the launch of the IDDSI diet descriptors in April and are now ready to be used across the different community and acute teams. ✨ #IDDSI #Dysphagia

Corona virus accessible information for asking about symptoms/help to understand/a way to communicate how they are feeling

#RCSLTmembers - Here's some important info for you relating to Department of Health and Social Care work on a #covid_19 bill and our response to it. #sleeps #slt2be WeAHPs 💙 Kamini Gadhok MBE @rpurkett RCSLTpolicy

Swallowing problems are very common after a stroke. Almost half of all people who have a stroke will have some difficulties in the first few weeks. This #SwallowAware2020, we're sharing with you our guide to dealing with swallowing problems after stroke: stroke.org.uk/resources/deal…

For people with #aphasia or #alexa. 📖 A chance for some remote reading therapy. 📱You need to have android tablet, 📶 You need to have wifi If you are interested, email the UCL Neurotherapeutics team here: 📧 [email protected]

Second that👏🏻 this is #slaintecare principles at its best in response to #covid19 crisis. Well done to our own ESD team for stepping up🙌🏻Well done to ESD teams nationally for finding ways to collaborate & share. Proud of adaptability across our health service

"I think a lot of older people are now expressing the feeeling that maybe life isn't worth living any longer". Professor Rónán Collins on RTÉ Prime Time on the impact Covid 19 & the measures being taken to halt the virus are having on our society

One of the biggest challenges for people affected by aphasia is that many people don't know enough about it or how to help. Better awareness & the right communication tools can make all the difference. Watch this video that provides aphasia etiquette tips. #TheWriteOffs

Good idea for businesses, a universal communication symbol system to facilitate people with communication needs to shop.

JOB ALERT SLT’s 🔔 A unique opportunity for temporary SLTM Deputy post Cork University Hospitals which is pending permanent HBS filling. So positive for SLT acute service to have a line management structure which includes deputy & manager. Details in IASLT ad attached. Please share IASLT

Just finished a call with Micheál Martin where he accepted that Northern Ireland is testing for SARS-CoV-2. The variant testing here is massively more advanced than RoI. Also pressed him on sharing travel locator forms. He committed to movement soon on that issue.

Here in the Cork University Hospital stroke service, we have a team of dedicated, skilled multi-disciplinary professionals who work together to provide the best stroke care we can for our patients. We are looking for 48 new people to come and join our team.