#WeWishedYouWorkedHere We've been sharing profiles of our colleagues recently - one being Charlie who is also a #TeamCRH Speech and Language Therapist. ⬇️Take a look at the role below and join Charlie and the fantastic team.

Harriet Mandley presents on her study on post op surgical experiences after major oral cancer surgery ⁦Laura-Jayne Watson⁩ ⁦Newcastle University⁩ ⁦Sunderland Royal⁩ ⁦@13thQol⁩

Fantastic presentation from Harriet Cresswell (Mandley) - findings from her qualitative Newcastle SLS dissertation @13thQol supervised by Laura-Jayne Watson Covid-19 a time of uncertainty and increased vulnerability for #HNC survivors. Valuable insights into patient experience.

⭐️Health Care Support Worker Awards ⭐️ Inspirational HCSW of the Year WINNER - Janet Wignall "Janet has clear ideas for progress & innovation & works hard to improve the service that we offer as a team" Congratulations Janet! #AHP #HCSW #Care #Learn Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT

Essential Flavour - a FREE cost of living cookbook by Life Kitchen designed to help anyone who is living with cancer! Red pepper cacio e pepe serves 2 for £1.15 Curry Beef Noodles serves 2 for £2.68 and many more It’s FREE at lifekitchen.co.uk RT to spread awareness!

Raising a drink for #SwallowAware2023 with @TeamSLTCRH using specialist dysphagia cups! RCSLT 💙 #SLT2be

"There are serious risks associated with the use of thickened liquids (TL), therefore clinicians should reconsider TL as the first and safest option for dysphagia management." Louder for the people at the back! 👏👏👏

Every day, our allied health professionals (AHPs) play a crucial role in helping our patients live their lives as fully as possible. Discover the supportive therapies that can help you manage your cancer diagnosis and improve your quality of life: bit.ly/3q0jgkh

Not work related, but too special not to post. I married my best friend this weekend 💕 Thank you Amy Jordison for capturing our perfect day #wedding #perfectday

🧵New short commentary paper published today which aims to highlight problems and offer possible solutions to represent and include people with SLCN in brain cancer research (1) trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/76…

My first publication 🥳 It feels a long time ago that I started the literature searching. It’s fantastic to see the work in print. Thank you Fiona Menger for all your support and guidance to get this project to where it is today

Do you manage a speech and language therapy team? Let us know how you’ve found filling vacancies and we’ll use this information to lobby for funding and support! Fill out our second vacancy and recruitment survey rcslt.org/news/second-va… #RCSLT #SLT #SpeechAndLanguageTherapy

🚨#inpatient #SLTs - I’m looking to gather information on experiences working with #oesophageal #dysphagia Does your team/trust have SLT processes/guidelines? Do you actively see these patients? How would you define the SLT role here? RCSLT 💙 TeamSLTCRH

Looking forward to day two of #RCSLTConf2023. I’m really enjoying hearing about exciting developments in Speech and Language Therapy from presenters and posters shared. It’s also lovely to see familiar faces from Newcastle SLS sharing their research. RCSLT 💙

Excited to be sharing our #poster on brain tumour research at #RCSLTConf2023 Fiona Menger Dr Anna Volkmer It would be great to hear your thoughts!

"It gives patients hope that they can enjoy foods again and they are not alone in the journey." We've teamed up with head and neck cancer patients, students from University of Sunderland and Sunderland Creatives Agency to create a cookbook. Find out all about it here 👉 bit.ly/3MQced1

I’ve had a fantastic three days learning about all things upper airway! My brain feels full to bursting 🤯 🧠 So much practical advice for me to apply to better support our patients 🗣️🫁York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS FT #mysltday

This is so important. We were trained that thickened fluids were the only option. They’re not, and in fact, the evidence is inconclusive about their impact. It’s time for us as a profession to stand up for evidence based interventions. Patients deserve better

Poster up and ready UKSRG! 😁 sharing our experiences Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability of using flavoured foam tastes with some of our severely dysphagic patients 🥄 Biozoon UK