Speech and Language Therapy BCHC

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we’re highlighting the link between communication and mental health. SLCN can affect how children and young people understand others, express themselves and build relationships. Learn more about how SLTs can support👇 🔗rcslt.org/speech-and-lan…

Race and Speak Listening Session Monday 18th May 12 noon - 1.15 pm Seminar Room 2, Birmingham Dental Hospital and via MS Teams. @bhamcommunity @BchcCdn Open to all staff. To join click here: gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e83/…

🤟 Deaf Awareness Week UK 2026 | 4–10 May 🤟 A week to celebrate Deaf culture & BSL, raise awareness, and promote accessibility & inclusion for all. 💙 Let’s listen, learn, support Deaf voices, and break down barriers together. #DeafAwarenessWeek #BSL #Accessibility #Inclusion

Staff training with our Advanced Fluency Specialist, Juliet, who shared valuable insights, guidance, and practical strategies to help us better support children who stammer in schools

New B5 opportunities available in our #ChildSLT team @bhamcommunity in the North locality. More info at jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba… closing 7th May @BCUSALTSOC @BCUHELS @DMUSLTprogramme @WestMidRCSLTHub

We asked 1,657 people with MS about their experiences with MS and other people’s perceptions. 💬 They told us how assumptions have impacted them. #MSThinkAgain 1/2

This week marks MS Awareness Week, highlighting multiple sclerosis (MS), a condition that affects more than 150,000 people across the UK. #MSAwarenessWeek #MSAwareness

This MS Awareness Week, we want to encourage people to #MSThinkAgain. 🧡 It can be hard to challenge misconceptions. You might feel uncomfortable and not know what to say when others assume things about you. 1/3

This week is #MSAwarenessWeek. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a lifelong condition that affects the brain and spinal cord. There are lots of possible symptoms of MS. Everyone with this condition is affected differently. ℹ️ nhs.uk/conditions/mul…

We are celebrating World Voice Day. 🥳 Speech and language therapists support people to protect and improve their voice—whether for health, work, or daily life. Check out @RCSLTpolicy voice care tips 👇 rcslt.org/wp-content/upl…

The Managing Dysphagia Workshop is for care workers who work with Adults with a learning disability. This popular workshop works on gaining knowledge and confidence about the eating and drinking process, the risks, the role of a multi-disciplinary team, and the care workers' role

💥BREAKING NEWS 📢 Over 50 organisations join the #InvestInSLT campaign call for @10DowningStreet to publish the long-promised Speech and Language Therapy Action Plan. 📨 Check out the @MikeysWish_VDA & @RCSLT co-ordinated letter to @Keir_Starmer here: rcslt.org/news/invest-in…

It's Swallowing Awareness day, and a large part of our role in the inpatient SLT team is making sure people are eating and drinking safely. Here are some signs to look out for, so that you can be #swallowaware2026 @RCSLT

@BCHCNutrition Well done all 👏👏👏

🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎Golden Apples 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 Congratulations to Habiba, Hannah & Sue who received Golden Apple awards for excellent care earlier this week!

@mencap_charity #mysltday #learningdisability #slcn #QandA

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Thanks to @HIOWH_NHSFT, @UWEBristol, @ijlcd and the clinical team who completed and shared this research 🙏

Journal club today at #childBCHC 📝 The study we discussed compared the impact of parent-based intervention on young children with speech, language and communication needs. It sparked reflection on our own practice and how we as SLTs can support parents of children with SLCN!

Some of our #ChildSLT team attended a Lego Therapy workshop today and had some fun building lego and learning how we can use this tool to support SLCN 🗣️ #halfterm #mySLTday @bhamcommunity