Patiently waiting to see the transformation of Speech, language & Communication in Greater Manchester.

📢 For anyone interested in the Schools White Paper and #SENDReform, check out these upcoming #SEND Regional Events with the Department for Education. 🔗 Details on how to book are on the link below. councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/work-us/events…

"Many people, especially those from disadvantaged communities, live in areas where services are scarce and where waiting times are long. That can exacerbate some of the issues faced by those communities, as well as the individuals affected." Dave for Lichfield, Burntwood & the Villages

With the Budget just days away, here’s the parliamentary debate from January in which MPs of all parties very powerfully highlighted the need to #InvestInSLT including through sharing their personal and constituency experiences. hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-0…

"In September 2024, more than 64,000 children in England were waiting for SLT... Behind each number is a child struggling to communicate in the classroom, a young adult trying to rebuild their life after a brain injury..." Sureena Brackenridge MP at the #InvestInSLT debate on 27 Jan 2025

The truth about the damage caused to families of disabled children by a failing system. cerebra.org.uk/latest-news/ne…

Speech and language therapy is not a luxury — it’s about prevention. Without investment, unmet needs lead to higher costs and a worse quality of life. That’s why we’re calling on the Govt to #InvestInSLT and publish its SLT Action Plan.

To remove the barriers facing people of all ages with communication disability, difficulty, or difference, or those who have eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties, the Govt must use the Budget to #InvestInSLT and publish its SLT Action Plan.

🚨 To remove the barriers facing people of all ages with communication disability, difficulty, or difference, or those who have eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties, the Govt must use the Budget to #InvestInSLT and publish its SLT Action Plan.

🚨 It’s not just RCSLT 💙 who is highlighting the impact of long waits. Department of Health and Social Care recognises the issue, as Dr Zubir Ahmed MP said earlier this month. That’s why we’re calling on HM Treasury's Rachel Reeves to #InvestInSLT in the Budget and on the Govt to publish its SLT Action Plan.

It’s not just us who are highlighting the impact of long waits. Department of Health and Social Care recognises the issue, as Dr Zubir Ahmed MP said earlier this month. That’s why we’re calling on HM Treasury's Rachel Reeves to #InvestInSLT in the Budget and on the Govt to publish its SLT Action Plan.

Great to see Department of Health and Social Care’s Baroness Merron recognise the difference that speech and language therapy can make to people's lives. It’s why we’re calling on HM Treasury's Rachel Reeves to #InvestInSLT in the Budget and on the Govt to publish its SLT Action Plan.

🚨 With just a day to go until the Budget, it's really great for the RCSLT 💙 RCSLTpolicy team to see ministers and NICE effectively highlighting why the Govt needs to #InvestInSLT and publish its SLT Action Plan! 🤞🏻 Fingers crossed, HM Treasury's Rachel Reeves is listening!

It’s Budget Day! Here’s why we’re calling on HM Treasury's Rachel Reeves to #InvestInSLT and on the Department of Health and Social Care to publish its SLT Action Plan: rcslt.org/wp-content/upl…

💥 Breaking news! 📰 Check out RCSLT 💙's response to the Budget issued with the rest of the #InvestInSLT home team. 📢 The need to invest in SLT, improve workforce planning, and recruitment, retention, and CPD for SLTs remains as urgent as ever. rcslt.org/news/our-respo…

❤️ Huge RCSLT 💙 thank you Mikey's Wish Foundation, Louisa Akers, Fewtrella, Pam Slater, Dave Harford, Sharon Oliphant, Georgia Wilson, francesca beard, Gillian Rudd, Karen Massey 💙 Author 🧡 Entrepreneur - and to all of you for all your amazing #InvestInSLT support.

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I’ve just driven down to Oxford & back via the M5, M42 & M40. I passed & got stuck in at least 5 single vehicle RTCs! All at locations with considerable surface water & very poor weather! When will people learn - SLOW DOWN in wet weather! #RoadSafety #Fatal4

End of career clearing out is another level 😂

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