I am a speech and language therapist working in the West Midlands. Was acute dysphagia, now community neuro rehab.
West Midlands
Joined November 2014
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Seeking a B6 specialist neuro SLT for a community neuro rehab team. Based in beautiful Shrewsbury. FT/PT all possible. Lovely team, lots of communication work. Take a look: tinyurl.com/mr2rzprt #SLT @RCSLT @WestMidRCSLTHub
Shropshire Community Neuro Rehab Team are seeking a band 6 SLT, up to full time. Varied adult neuro caseload. Based in lovely Shrewsbury. Lots of change happening - help me shape our service. Closing date 29 Oct. Drop me a line! jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadv…
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My choir is singing Handel's Messiah on Saturday 29 April in St Chad's Shrewsbury. Tickets from me or our website. Retiring collection for @severnhospice. Please come !
Please can you share our event so we can fill St Chad's! There is also a retiring collection for @severnhospice in memory of Julia Millington.
@shrewsmorris @StChadsShrews @ShropsCatRescue @shrewsburyabbey @ShrewsburyHour @teamshrews @MyShrews @WhatsOnShrops @shropshirelive
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If anyone local to Shropshire fancies some amazing music, the Phoenix Singers will be singing in St Chad's, Shrewsbury on 18 March.
Yes, it is concert week and we are in the final rehearsals for our first performance of the year.
Join us for some uplifting music for Lent and Passiontide.
Tickets are available from Trybooking on this link
postly.app/2JhT #choir #concert #music #choralmusic
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If you are near Shrewsbury please come to this wonderful concert on 18 March in St Chad's. Gorgeous music sung (hopefully) beautifully.
Our concert of music for Lent and Passiontide is centred around two famous works: Allegri’s Miserere mei and Domenico Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater a 13th-century Christian hymn to Mary.
We will also sing Mendelssohn’s Hear my prayer and Bach’s double choir motet Fürchte dich nicht,
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UK and Aus SLTs who work with aphasia please consider filling in this research study about screening for mood and suicidality. Please consider retweeting 😊
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Clinical Lead SLT vacancy in the community neuro rehab team in beautiful Shropshire. We see all neuro conditions with an MDT of SLT, OT, PT and psychology. Lots of changes happening. Come and shape our service! bit.ly/3S4mWwK
@BasAphasia Please please do the Aphasia Therapy Masterclasses! Having attended the similar webinars from @NHNN_therapies it was a great starting point for enhancing my work with people with aphasia. Many SLTs work in small teams and don't just see aphasia so lots to keep up with
Being in the cabinet today must feel a little like working in the NHS over the last two months. Feels like the start of a joke except not funny.
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Today a client's partner told me I was the first person who had really thought about what would make their partner's life better. Client told me I was "nice" and "neat" but I'm taking that in the spirit it was intended due to aphasia 😊 #MySLTDay
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Starting some conversation partner training soon with someone with fluent aphasia and feeling a bit intimidated. Resources mainly focus on agrammatism. Any top tips? Comprehension is moderately difficult for PWA. @BCAphasia
#swallowaware2022 my most used interventions for dysphagia are oral care, better positioning (supported, in the middle), smaller mouthfuls and avoiding tipping head back. Then diary of difficulties to look for other patterns. Self management and informed choice.
#swallowaware2022 this week. Please don't let it all be about thickener. Dysphagia management is about so, so much more!
What happens when someone eats/drinks w/ risk? SLTs need to know the evidence. Next thing we need is more detail of what predicts poor outcome. Suspect my community sample wouldn't be 56% 3- month mortality. Great questions.
Proud to share the latest from @P_J_Sommerville & the FORWARD team @GSTTnhs exploring readmissions & mortality
after an eating/drinking with acknowledged risk decision in acute care.
doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac0…
@SallyArcherSLT @_AlexLang_
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Chat with a GP today, who said GPs don't do capacity. Probably right plan in this case, but surely not generally true? Relating to a person with a rare progressive neuro condition.
Recently someone told me they had to buy an iPad purely to be able to see their family member who had had a stroke and very ill in hospital as the hospital would only use facetime. Technology is great until it becomes the only option for people who don't want it. #MySLTDay
Well worth a read for all SLTs working with dysphagia.
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Critique of @RCPhysicians guide on supporting people with eating and drinking difficulties as it pertains to ‘risk feeding’ and aspiration in particular. Generally v helpful doc but maybe no surprise TL:DR we have significant concerns about this part!
Lots of preschooler-pace wandering around today. And a weekend that included active things that I forgot to tweet, naturally! #AHPsActive #WeActiveChallenge @shropcomahps
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Lap of Himley Hall Park this afternoon, followed by hedge cutting, weeding and digging up potatoes. Glad to be going back to work Tuesday for a comparative rest. #AHPsActive #WeActiveChallenge @shropcomahps
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