

FirstSLT
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@FirstSLT
Speech and Language Therapy team working with adults in the community in East Surrey as part of First Community Health and Care.







Today on International Stuttering Awareness Day #ISAD2022, proudly combining with 82 other Stuttering Organisations from 43 countries & 6 Continents in declaring our #RightToStutter! Full Declaration & list of 83 amazing organisations on our home page 50MillionVoices.org




Ahead of World Swallow Awareness Day on the 17 March, the PHA has released a new animation to raise awareness of this issue. #Dysphagia #swallowaware





Massive thanks to our president @Nick_Hewer & @drjackiem for highlighting the vital work that speech and language therapists do in supporting patients with #COVID19 on @GMB this morning. You can watch the full interview here from 2:07: itv.com/hub/good-morni… @KGadhok

We've just put up this guide to the most popular video chatting apps to keep us connected while social distancing stamma.org/news-features/…



Brilliant innovation: app from researchers at Guy’s & St Thomas’ & King’s college to self report #COVID19 symptoms (& lack of symptoms) Please use, report daily & retweet You are now all officially #NHSCovidHeroes sorry I haven’t got badges for you all covid.joinzoe.com

@TammyDavidsonTh @abracabadger @citcen @AiredaleStammer NHS IG guidance for video consultations: "The consent of the patient or service user is implied by them accepting the invite and entering the consultation. But you should safeguard personal/confidential patient information in the same way you would with any other consultation."

Telehealth may become increasingly useful over the coming months. What are your tips for how to use it in practice? We'll link to various examples suggested by our membership below. Please do add any tips you have!