💥 Breaking news!
📰 Check out RCSLT's response to the Budget issued with the rest of the #InvestInSLT home team.
📢 The need to invest in SLT, improve workforce planning, and the recruitment, retention, and CPD for SLTs remains as urgent as ever.
www.rcslt.org/news/our-res...
🚨 The @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk has published its report.
🔍 The RCSLT's analysing the report but we're pleased to see:
1⃣ our evidence on speech, language, and communication quoted
2⃣ echoes of our #InclusiveParliament work
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committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...
💥 RCSLT news flash!
📰 Our statement on the @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk report is just out!
www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-w...
📢 @gillianrudd.bsky.social @mikeys-wish.bsky.social @pamslater26.bsky.social @fewtrella1.bsky.social @dharford79.bsky.social @francescaslt.bsky.social @georgiawilson1.bsky.social - it looks like the Govt is doing our #InvestInSLT campaigning for us!
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“Speech and language therapists break down communication barriers, unlocking learning, inclusion, and opportunity for every child. They play a critical role in early intervention for children and young people.” Georgia Gould, education minister, September 2025
Quote by Dr Zubir Ahmed, UK Minister for Health Innovation and Safety, November 2025: ‘We recognise the impact that long waits to access speech and language and occupational therapy can have on the individual, their families and carers. We are working closely with NHS England to improve access to community health services and on actions to reduce long waits for people of all ages.’
Quote by Baroness Merron, UK Minister for Women's Health and Mental Health, November 2025: ‘The Government recognises the important role that speech and language therapy services play in supporting people to overcome health and social barriers and enhancing overall quality of life.’
Extract on guideline on rehabilitation for chronic neurological disorders including acquired brain injury: ‘Improved speech, language and communication may also increase participation in education and employment offering broader social and economic benefits.’
🚨With the Budget just a day away, some quotes from ministers and NICE over the past few months which kind of highlight why the Govt needs to #InvestInSLT and publish its SLT Action Plan.
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"Recruitment is one side of the coin, but retention is the other."
During the #InvestInSLT debate on 27 Jan 2025, Dave Robertson, MP for Lichfield, recognised the issues with burnout, insufficient support and unsustainable workloads in speech and language therapy.
"The current system is underfunded, overstretched and unprepared for the future."
Sureena Brackenridge @sureenawne.bsky.social, MP, speaking at the #InvestInSLT speech and language therapy debate on 27 January 2025.
Kindly share please.
#InvestinSLT
"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...
@mikeys-wish.bsky.social @peterdjust.bsky.social @fewtrella1.bsky.social
"How do the Government intend to alleviate pressure in this area? Do they intend to fund more places, especially at the university level? These are complex issues, and highly skilled people are needed."
@saqibbhattimp.bsky.social at the #InvestInSLT Speech and Language Therapy debate on 27 Jan 2025
@csdrnetwork.bsky.social @speechapraxia.bsky.social @speechandlanguage.bsky.social @afasic.bsky.social
Thank you Caroline for your support 💙
Screenshot of a RCSLT briefing on the 10 Year Health Plan for England.
🚨 New briefing alert!
🔍 Here's the RCSLT's full analysis of the 10 Year Health Plan for England:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🎉 Happy November everyone!
😊 It's full of awareness events relevant to people with communication and/or swallowing needs.
📋 Check out our note on resources we have to support any awareness-raising you're doing.
#SLTAwareness #SLPeeps #SLT #SLT2B
www.rcslt.org/get-involved...
Mikey's MP @saqibbhattimp.bsky.social has written to @skinnock.bsky.social asking for an update on the action plan that was promised to the #InvestinSLT team for improving speech and language services
@peterdjust.bsky.social @gillianrudd.bsky.social @bammo44.bsky.social @dharford79.bsky.social
Screenshot of RCSLT submission to the Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation.
Screenshot of RCSLT submission to the Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation.
Screenshot of RCSLT submission to the Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation.
📢 RCSLT highlighted the need to #InvestInSLT in our submission to The Treasury's Autumn Budget 2025/Spending Review consultation and referenced @mikeys-wish.bsky.social's petition.
▶️ Read our submission in full:
rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
Statement from the Invest In SLT home team dated 27 October 2025 marking nine months since Mikey Akers' petition was debated in the House of Commons.
🚨 9 months since the #InvestInSLT petition was debated in Parliament, we are calling on the UK Government to:
1️⃣ Use the Budget to ensure sufficient resources for services
2️⃣ Bring forward its SLT Action Plan
➡️ Read our statement in full: www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
#Budget25 #Budget2025 #SLT
Hello 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES, SLT advocates, parents of children & young people with #SLCN & other dedicated #childSPEECHdis #devLANGdis 💃🕺movers & shakers. The #INVESTinSLT push has important implications internationally. Please amplify📣 this message 🇬🇧 #budget2025🇬🇧 #budget25🇬🇧 @ukparliament.parliament.uk
🚨 Check out this update on the #InvestInSLT campaign and the non-update (😔) on the SLT Action Plan.
#WaitUpSLT
waitupslt.blogspot.com/2025/09/miss...
😍 Am so proud of the #InvestInSLT home-team for being shortlisted for 'Best Lobbying Campaign' at today's Memcom Excellence Awards.
❤️ Thanks to everyone who made it possible.
➡️ You can read more about why we've been shortlisted here: www.memcom.org.uk/blog/success...
New blog post in the Evidence Based Nursing journal ⤵️
WAIT-UP SLT: Exploring experiences of waiting within children's speech and language therapy.
blogs.bmj.com/ebn/2025/08/...
WAIT-UP SLT is a research project aiming to explore experiences of waiting within children's speech & language therapy services in England from the perspective of:
- Speech & language therapy teams
- Parents & caregivers
- Children & young people
Please share & follow for updates
linktr.ee/waitupslt
