The North East SLT Research Network will be holding a Clinical excellence: Research, Audit & Quality Improvement Workshop. Follow the link to register: lnkd.in/eYAGK2Rk DATE: 1st July 2026. This is a HALF DAY EVENT, running from 9am-12:30pm. Location: Newcastle University.

See below of submission guidelines for abstracts for UK Stroke Forum 2026 👇 Closing date 19/05/2026!

Closing date for abstracts for UK Stroke Forum 2026 see below 👇 19/05/2026. Showcase your work to a wide stroke audience and advance knowledge and care

If anyone in government has a few minutes to run the country in between plotting leadership challenges, could they please cast their eye over the devastation of Higher Education in the UK. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

May is Stroke Awareness month 👇

🚨 Last week there was a debate in the House of Commons on Allied Health Professionals. 🗣️ MPs from all sides highlighted the central role of AHPs, including speech and language therapists, in supporting people of all ages to live better lives. 🧵 1/ hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...

Our 99th ESSD webinar will be delivered by Prof. Dr. Tobias Warnecke on "New insights into dysphagia in Parkinson's disease" 📆 20 May 2026 (Wednesday) at 6:30 PM CET 🔗 pci.jotform.com/form/2611653... #Parkinsonsdisease #dysphagia

❗ Important announcement ❗ Abstract submission deadline for ESSD 2026 Congress will be postponed. Stay tuned for the new deadline. essd2026.org/abstract-sub... #essd2026 #abstract #conference

🌟Part 2 of my MRes study is live! Participants wanted! Further details below 🌟

A huge honour being chosen from the #InvestInSLT team to knock on the door of No. 10 and hand in the coordinated @RCSLT and Mikey’s Wish Foundation letter, calling on Sir Keir Starmer to ensure the action plan for speech and language is finally published.

🎙️ What is quantitative research, and what are descriptive studies? In this episode, Statistician Sarah Rhodes explains how numbers help us understand people and populations and introduces different types of descriptive studies. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3O5zHdt #NIHRBridgeTheGap

📢New research highlights how community hubs - from libraries to faith centres and even football clubs - are helping people access health and care support closer to home. A great demonstration of the impact of community led, inclusive and accessible support. 👉Read more: tinyurl.com/5d77pk7m

🎙️ What is dissemination, and why does it matter in research? In these #NIHRBridgeTheGap episodes, @zoetw.bsky.social & Gavin Hubbard explore how to share research clearly and accessibly, and the challenges involved. Listen now: 🔗 Ep 25: bit.ly/4qokd1w 🔗 Ep 26: bit.ly/4bKruFy

Great introductory workshop to High Resolution Impedance Manometry given by Dr Margaret Coffey and Chadwan Al-Yaghachi #UKSRG2026

It is unclear whether Respiratory Muscle Training (RMST) is safe in the stroke population given lack of safety and monitoring reporting or feasible

Well done to Kate for winning joint second place for best poster on Outcome Measures for mealtimes and swallowing difficulties in dementia

#UKSRG2026 What a great conference it was. AI in Speech and Language Therapy, Respiratory, Oesophageal, Palliative Care, Critical Care, Impact of Dysphagia across the life span in Paediatrics and adults. See you again in two years!

Very useful info here 👇

Closing date for registrations for the conference is tomorrow! 👇👇👇👇👇

Stroke care inequality across Europe is costing lives. The updated #StrokeActionPlan from @esostroke.bsky.social and SAFE calls for urgent national strategies. Read more 🔗 linkly.link/2YfiT #StrokeActionPlan #EUHealth #LifeAfterStroke #HealthEquity

The UK Swallow Research Group (UKSRG) is almost here- conference on 5-6th Feb in Birmingham. Last few days to register here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...

Closing date 18/01/26! 👇

Closing date is 18/01/2026! 👇

We have another job out in our Trust! New Year, new job this time band 8A in Paediatrics and Neonates. Closing date 18/01/26! 👇 www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo...

New Year, new job! Band 7 adult SLT job working in Neuro Rehab (out patients) and in patient Stroke. Come join our great team! Closing date 18/01/26! 👇 www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo...

Only 15 days to get that abstract submitted for the 1st ever International Conference on Primary Progressive Aphasia @icppa.bsky.social Did you know Prof Gorno-Tempini is our keynote speaker? With Dr Chris Hardy & Dr Cathy Taylor-Rubin as invited speakers! www.speechtherapyppa.com/icppa-confer...

Head and neck #cancer is the seventh most common cancer worldwide. This Review summarizes the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (#HNSCC) of the upper aerodigestive tract. ja.ma/4qrzkrC

📢SAVE THE DATE for #UKSF26 We’re wrapping up 2025 in style at Team UKSF 🎉But before the celebrations kick in, we’ve already circled 2 – 4 December 2026 in our diaries! UKSF is heading to ACC Liverpool – join us for big plans, big conversations and more… don’t miss it!

I am looking forward to chairing this session next week!

SLPeeps exciting opportunity to support the development of the next generation of person-centred, evidence based speech and language therapy graduates :-) Closing date November 20th

"Speech and language therapists are overstretched, underfunded and working in systems that fail to meet the demands of local needs." Shockat Adam @shockatadam.bsky.social at the #InvestInSLT Speech and Language Therapy debate on 27 January 2025: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Very exciting to see this centre almost open!

Funding for dental prosthetics for folks who have had oral cancers is vital. These types of cancers are hugely devastating and life altering.

📢 Speaker announcement - Dr Jill Bradshaw Jill's session is titled "Talking Mats in research and practice" Consultant Speech & Language Therapist; RCSLT National Clinical Adviser for Learning Disabilities; Jill founded the @talkingmats.bsky.social Research Network Book your free space now 👇👇

Today, @nihr.bsky.social announced a £157 million investment over 5 years in 10 ARCs, that will: 🔵support transformation of the health & care system 🔵tackle pressing health & social care challenges through high-quality applied research 🔵bring new treatments & technologies nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-aw...

Fantastic PhD Opportunity for SLTs and related professions interested in the development of speech sounds from infancy through early childhood

🚨 To mark #WorldHomelessDay here's the coalition RCSLT brought together last year calling for greater awareness of: 1⃣ the links between homelessness & speech, language & communication needs 2⃣ how speech & language therapy can support people experiencing homelessness ▶️ rcslt.org/wp-content/u...

Are you in Australia, aged 20-70, with an increased risk of #BreastCancer via family history, prev ADH or LCIS on biopsy, or other reasons? Hurry to your GP for referral to this FREE, TELEHEALTH service recently started by Prof Kelly Anne Phillips to discuss medical prevention. #ASBD2025

Prof Walshe was my external supervisor for my PhD. Firm and fair. She supportive afterwards and very encouraging of me. Glad to see this award launched in her memory. #ESSD2025

#ESSD2025 Keynote Lecture 4 by Ivy Cheng, PhD on "Targeted Neuromodulation for Neurogenic Dysphagia: Recent Advances". #neuromodulation #neurostimulation #PES #rTMS #tDCS #dysphagia

Refreshing and stimulating conversation with Prof. Maggie-Lee Huckabee. What a great start to #ESSD2025! #dysphagia #ESSD

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Sad to be missing #ESSD2025 this year! Looks like it will be great. Pre-congress FEES course in full swing👇

Yes I agree with this! Also important to be civil and kind even when under pressure

🚨 Check out this update on the #InvestInSLT campaign and the non-update (😔) on the SLT Action Plan. #WaitUpSLT waitupslt.blogspot.com/2025/09/miss...

🚨 RCSLT's proud to have joined the #ChildHealthWorkforceAlliance - 25 organisations seeking to build a workforce for the healthiest generation of children ever. ▶️Our briefing shows how Govt can make child health a priority in its NHS workforce plan: rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...

Finished this book for book club. Not the usual sort of book I would read but I really enjoyed it. Imaginative and written in a witty engaging style..I see this author has written lots more books. Any suggestions #Booksky as which ones to read next?

Funding opportunity through the NIHR for Post-Docs 👇

🚨 Fantastic to see this quote from DfE minister @georgiagould.bsky.social on speech and language therapists breaking down communication barriers in response to a written question from David Williams MP on the RCSLT report 'A Profession Under Pressure' by @gillianrudd.bsky.social. 1/