Acute Paediatric SLT Barts Health NHS

In the movie Taken, Liam Neeson famously explains that he has “a very particular set of skills.” So do newborn babies. We know these inborn skills as reflexes - and in this video we’re seeing one of three interrelated reflexes designed to help newborns find nourishment. While most babies don’t crawl as a form of locomotion until at least 6-8 months, they reflexively “breast crawl” in search of food beginning at birth, combining this reflex with rooting (turning their heads in the direction of skin-to-skin contact with the mouth or a cheek) and sucking as a means of ensuring life-giving nourishment. The amazing thing is that - like other reflexes - these skills are neither taught, nor learned. They are among a collection of tools hard-wired by Mother Nature to increase the odds of infants’ survival and thriving. Pretty cool, huh? 🎥 babies_cute1212

After a long hiatus due to account issues, Barts Acute Paeds SLT are back online!

Presenting our new therapeutic protocol for our paediatric VFSS clinic at the #NELAHPsDeliver Celebration Conference today! A brilliant day of collaboration, connection and celebration with @NELondonAHPs and representing @RLHchildren

Today the Neonatal Unit at The Royal London Children's Hospital kicked off #KangarooCareDay2023. Lots of information about the benefits of skin to skin and other ways to facilitate this such as hand hugs and finger holding. @Blisscharity @KangarooCareDay @nicurlh @RLHchildren

Happy #KangarooCareDay - share how you’re celebrating and raising awareness on your units or at home! Resources from @Blisscharity for premature and sick babies: bliss.org.uk/parents/in-hos…

Happy International Nurses day to colleagues @RoyalLondonHosp @NHSBartsHealth thank you for your compassion, professionalism, focus on safety and patient experience. Challenging times but your knowledge and expertise makes things possible. Thank you, back with you soon

Happy Nurses Day @RLHchildren @PCCURLH @nicurlh never forget the impact you make to our children Thank you

Delivered training to some of our lovely paediatric nurses yesterday; focus was SLCNs in YPs involved in Peer-Group Violence and the YJS. As a MTC we get many YP involved in violence be admitted, who display red flags of SLCNs -empowering our staff to identify and support them.

YourStance- nurses and doctors teaching lifesaving skills to at risk young people in London. Check out their workshop at @MulberryTH, where they taught students how to assess a trauma situation, perform CPR and traumatic wound care/dressing. @yourstance_cic

One of our SLTs, Michal, spreading awareness&promoting an inclusive and communication friendly environment on one of our wards today! Take a look at the display board, near the 7E entrance to find out more about Makaton and the Signs of the Month. Good job Michal 👏🏼 #mysltday

Our wonderful neonatal AHPs from across Barts Health sites supporting @Blisscharity with a #BakeforBliss bake sale today. Over £550 raised! Amazing work @BartsAcuteSLT @NHSBartsHealth @RLHchildren

One of lovely SLTs, Gina and OTs, Amy raising money today for premature and sick babies @Blisscharity - come down to the ground floor at @RoyalLondonHosp to purchase some tasty treats! Go on… you know you want to 🧁 🍰 😇

What a great #sltday for Claire and Katie today! They got to 'scrub up' and observe a paediatric MLB procedure in theatre with the ENT Team. Joint working and CPD going hand in hand. They were very excited!

What a thought-provoking and stimulating day with my neonatal colleagues at the #ODNAHP_psych stakeholders event. Great talks delivered with so much care and passion, as always the heart of what we do is with the babies and the families that we serve. @LdnNeonatal @Blisscharity

It's #WorldPrematurityDay2022 and a reminder of the strength and tenacity of our babies and parents, in our own @nicurlh at @RLHchildren and everywhere else around the globe. We see you. #byyourside #youngbartshealth

This #WorldPrematurityDay and beyond, Bliss is here to support you to support your baby. #ByYourSide

One of our team attended the @Childrens_Trust ABI conference last Friday - what a valuable and informative day they had! Great to network with others who are so passionate in supporting CYPs and ABI #NPBIC22

@alwaddington LOVE this! Well done ☺️

Today i noticed an interesting shift in managing a YP in resus Everyone made the effort to: - Engage him - Distract him (chats about films) - Offer him clear and simple explanations - Give him control The whole room felt like a team working to empower this young person

Yesterday, we popped down to the #BabyLossAwarenessWeek stall at @RoyalLondonHosp - lovely to meet other colleagues, support such a valuable cause and eat one of the delicious cupcakes! 🧁

We had a great time providing training to RLH HCAs yesterday! Lots of information shared on eating, drinking and communication needs, including the use of Makaton signs in the hospital environment #communicationmatters