❓ How can we reduce inequalities across the care pathway for minority ethnic communities?

Find solutions in the latest studies from DeNPRU @denpruexeter.bsky.social , @uniofexeternews.bsky.social and @uniofbradford.bsky.social

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A RCSLT graphic reading 'Primary Progressive Aphasia parliamentary event Wednesday, 11 March 2026'.

📢 People with Primary Progressive Aphasia need your help!

📧 Please email your MP inviting them to an event at Parliament on 11 March on how speech and language therapy supports people with PPA.

🔗All you need is your postcode and 5 minutes:
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#UKSRG2026

This is great news!

University of Bradford to lead £2.4m national trial to rethink swallowing care - 2026 - News - University of Bradford The University of Bradford has been awarded £2.4 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to lead a landmark clinical trial that could reshape care for people with swall...

Exciting!! #Dysphagia

Why government must invest in speech and language therapy We can't close the gap if we allow communication skills to go unmet at this alarming scale

📢 'We must stop treating speech and language support as optional.'

🚨 Check out this great article by Jen Craft MP (@thurrockjen.bsky.social), in which she says Govt should see more speech and language therapy, 'not as an expense but as an upfront investment'.

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🔔Call for abstracts🔔 for this years workshop. Abstracts are for lightning talks to be given on the day. Lightning talks will be 3-5 minutes and can concern anything research related. Abstracts should be less than 300 words and emailed to nesltresearch@gmail.com 📧 The deadline is the 27th March📆

The day will involve learning more about the research journey, including how and where to seek funding opportunities, how to develop research ideas and how to implement research into practice.

Patient Perspectives on Inpatient Mealtimes: Insights on Swallowing, Mental Wellbeing and Recovery Although the prevalence of swallowing difficulties in adults with mental health conditions has been highlighted in research, the relationship between swallowing difficulties and psychosocial aspects ...

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Happy to share this as a good start to a new year @lypftresearch.bsky.social @peterdjust.bsky.social @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social @hazelroddam.bsky.social @markjayes.bsky.social @arc-yharc.bsky.social @drjohnabaker.bsky.social
@janeeball.bsky.social

Argh I missed this, please tell me it was recorded 🙏🏼

Great wee straightforward myth-busting read from powerhouses in the field. Any of Palmer’s (esp BOLUS framework) and Leslie’s (esp ethics) work is well worth a read for any dysphagia clinician.

Our response to the Budget | RCSLT

💥 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...

New study reveals indoor air pollution breaches WHO-recommended thresholds on 4 in 10 days - Born in Bradford Harmful levels of indoor air pollution have been discovered in UK homes, with families from deprived areas and ethnic minority backgrounds facing the highest levels of exposure

📢 New study reveals indoor air pollution breaches WHO-recommended thresholds on 4 in 10 days

Find out more: borninbradford.nhs.uk/news/new-stu...

Our new study has officially launched!!

Alongside some amazing collaborators, we're exploring the impact of green spaces 🌳🌱 for people in hospital after a stroke, their visitors and staff who care for them 💚

📣Call for applications : ESSD Mentorship Program no OPEN 📣

📆 Deadline to apply: January 18, 2026
🔗 essd.org/essd-mentors...
Questions? Contact: academy@essd.org

#essd #mentorship #educationacademy #mentee #mentor #dysphagia

Childrens' 'life chances at risk' due to unacceptable waits for community services Children, including those with developmental problems and disabilities, are facing unacceptably long waits for NHS community services, which are putting their life chances at risk, according to a new…

Children, including those with developmental problems and disabilities, are facing unacceptably long waits for NHS community services, which are putting their life chances at risk, according to a @nuffieldtrust.org.uk report.

Happy #AHPday #SLTs

Poster advertising online focus group for speech and language therapists to discuss oral trials in community practice

If any #bskyspeechies can help gather research data (via online focus group)on this under-researched area, please email me: 230750@aecc.ac.uk

Mark Dickinson @nasuwt-official.bsky.social "highlighted the consequences of cuts to children’s services, including the lack of early intervention, long waiting lists for speech and language therapy...These services are not luxuries. They are the safety net that allows every child to thrive.”

#ESSD2025 Keynote Lecture 4 by Ivy Cheng, PhD on "Targeted Neuromodulation for Neurogenic Dysphagia: Recent Advances".

#neuromodulation #neurostimulation #PES #rTMS #tDCS #dysphagia

📣 **Exciting job opportunities** with the absolutely stellar human being @quiteneate.bsky.social. Tim is hiring 2 HCI postdocs, a SLT researcher & a PhD student to explore designing AI-enable AAC. This is gonna be a good one peeps! Check it out ⬇️ 👀

Check out the article link here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40474846/ (2/2)

Ooh - my new paper on case study is out! What’s a case study, how do you do one, how do you spot a good one? Includes niche examples like the REF impact case study (though it’s mainly about research case studies).

Meet Marvin! Bradford Institute for Health Research’s new Mobile Research Van- taking research out of the hospital and into communities in and around Bradford, supported by the NIHR. Keep an eye out for Marvin if you’re in Bradford or the surrounding areas… 😁

@bihr.bsky.social
@nihr.bsky.social

Webinar on how to treat Aphasia and co-occuring Cognitive - Communication disorders after TBI. Only £5 👇

Treatment Acceptability and Satisfaction With Cough Skill Training in Parkinson's Disease: A Mixed-Methods Study Purpose: Despite evidence to suggest that rehabilitation can improve airway protection in people with Parkinson's disease (pwPD), rehabilitative ...

#ResearchTuesday! Cough skill training can help people with Parkinson's disease improve their airway protection, and person-centered implementation can enhance their experiences.

Learn more in JSLHR: at.asha.org/It

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#SLPeeps

YouTube video by EMPOWER Dementia Network EMPOWER Dementia Network Small Research Project Fund: Expressions of Interest Launch Webinar

EMPOWER Dementia Network Small Research Project Fund: Express Interest by 11th July

Applications from researchers, practitioners, volunteers, community organisations, charities, grassroots groups and people with lived experience of dementia

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Three graphics side by side showing the symptoms of each stage of dementia. In the first graphic, central text on a pale blue background reads: 'The early stage of dementia could look like'. This is surrounded by text reading: 'Changes in mood or emotions; Getting lost; Difficulty thinking things through and planning; Problems communicating; Problems with perception or judging distances; Memory problems.' Each piece of text is accompanied by a graphic illustrating the symptom. In the second graphic, central text on a pale yellow background reads: 'The middle stage of dementia could look like'. This is surrounded by text reading: 'Memory problems getting worse; Delusions and paranoia; Getting confused about time and place; Hallucinations; More problems with speech and language; Apathy, depression and anxiety.' Each piece of text is accompanied by a graphic illustrating the symptom. In the third graphic, central text on a pale blue background reads: 'The later stage of dementia could look like'. This is surrounded by text reading: 'Time shifting; Loss of verbal communication; Needing help with eating; Aggressive behaviour from feeling scared, threatened or confused; Difficulties with mobility; Difficulties recognising people.' Each piece of text is accompanied by a graphic illustrating the symptom.

Dementia affects everyone differently, however it can be helpful to think of it progressing in 'three stages'.

This is our guide to the common symptoms at each stage, but everyone’s dementia journey is different and if you need more help or advice we’re here for you.

Want to get involved in dementia research?
University of York @york.ac.uk are setting up a practitioner advisory network for their new trial about supporting people newly diagnosed with dementia.

Find out more
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