Well true to his word my MP, Saqib Bhatti MP , spoke about verbal dyspraxia at Prime Ministers Questions. Deputy Prime Minister, Dominic Raab then promised that I would get a meeting with the relevant minister. A mentioned for RCSLT 💙 & DYSPRAXIA FOUNDATION too!

For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help. I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).

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We tried Visual Action Therapy (VAT) for the first time with a severely aphasic gentleman today, and he smashed it, completing stages 1-4! Such a great therapeutic tool for global aphasia that we’ll be adding to the toolkit. #visualactiontherapy #mysltday #stroke Dr Sharon Adjei-Nicol ❤️‍🔥

“The struggle ends when the gratitude begins.” — Neale Donald Walsh

Did you catch a poster presentation? Natalie Jones told us about her Breakfast Group Interventions in Stroke Rehabilitation for survivors who struggle to eat and drink. Patients were able to socialise and receive peer support while staff could increase rehab intensity! #UKSF23

#TeamLUHFT just wouldn’t be the same without its international colleagues 💙🌏 Yesterday at St George’s Hall, hundreds gathered to celebrate the cultures and talents of our overseas nurses and AHPs (1/2)

Cognitive communication disorder can occur in stroke though how do we diagnose this disorder? Whose role is it? What terms do we use? This is what myself and others discussed yesterday at #UKSF23 Vicky Lack Nicole Charles Máire McKenna

We are very excited to announce that the BAS Conference 2024 will be hosted by dmuleicester on the 16th-18th Sept 2024! Follow this page for more details 😃 #aphasia #aphasiology British Aphasiology Society #BAS #SLT #SLPeeps #RCSLT

You must understand the following: In order to master a field, you must love the subject and feel a profound connection to it. Your interest must transcend the field itself and border on the religious.

Researchers UC San Francisco, led by neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD, have used #Neuropixels probes to record activity from hundreds of individual neurons while participants listened to speech. Out today in nature, this study gives us a view into how the brain analyzes the sounds in words.

The most meaningful freedom in your life comes from your commitments, the things in life for which you have chosen to sacrifice.

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🚨It’s happening! Join us to speak about the book and the themes raised by the contributors 🙏🏼📖 Iman Virji @mariammaliks Dr Sharon Adjei-Nicol Simon(He/Him)🏳️‍🌈✊🏾 Melanie Packer (she/her)🇧🇧🇫🇷🇬🇧 JandRPress

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Absolutely - a very warm welcome to Olive, all staff, students and clients in the clinic delighted you are joining us, a wonderful new team member #wellbeing Human Communication Sciences | Sheffield Faculty of Health | University of Sheffield Pets As Therapy

😍 To all 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ who delivered this on Mikey's Wish Foundation's #InvestInSLT petition in just 1⃣5⃣ days, RCSLT 💙 salutes each and every one of you. ❤️ You are AMAZING! Thank you! 🗣️ Now for the next 9⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣! ▶️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6579…

"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you." —Anne Lamott (ANNE LAMOTT)

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