Speech and language therapy

​​​​Adult speech and language therapy

Our team works with adults who have speech, language or swallowing difficulties resulting from:

• a brain injury or stroke
• a progressive neurological condition such as motor neurone disease, Parkinson's disease, dementia or multiple sclerosis
• a diagnosis of head and neck cancer
• a voice disorder confirmed by the Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) service  
  
• voice retraining for transgender individuals
  
• frailty
• chronic respiratory conditions

Acc​essing our service

To access our service you can:

• be referred by your GP, consultant or other professionals working with you
• self-refer, or with your permission, be referred by a carer, friends or family

If you are transitioning gender, your referral must come via your Psychiatrist when you are preparing for social transition. 

If you have a voice disorer you must have an Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) assessment before you are referred. 

Referrals for in patients at the General Hospital or St. Saviours will be made by the ward.

​Our location

Our clinic is located at the Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre.

We can also visit you at home, in hospital, or in a nursing or residential home.

Treatment we offer

After we access you, we'll agree on a therapy plan with you.

This can include:

• setting and review of therapy goals
  
• individual or group therapy
  
• self-directed work
  
• practise with carers or rehabilitation assistants
  

For therapy to be as effective as possible, speech and language therapists work collaboratively with other health and social care professionals also involved with your care.

Clients with voice disorders are managed in collaboration with the ENT department.

We also deliver services as part of the:

• multi-disciplinary teams working with stroke patients
  
• memory clinic
• neurocare team
• community network team
  

The Adult Learning Disabilities Team also have an assigned Speech and Language Therapist Referrals to this service are made via SPOR Single Point of Referral​.​