Latest posts tagged with #InvestInSLT on Bluesky
🚨But, like @naht.org.uk, while we welcome investment in SEND training for teachers, it must come alongside improved access to specialist staff, such as SLTs, and sufficient funding for the whole system.
#InvestInSLT #SENDInTheSpecialists #SEND
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😊 Big RCSLT thank you @benmaguiremp.bsky.social for asking about SLT in your constituency.
🚨 Good to see the Govt recognise the impact of long waits on people and their families.
📢 That's why we need to #InvestInSLT and the SLT Action Plan.
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💥 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.
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📢 @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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On the right hand side of the picture is the official photo of Sureena Brackenridge, MP, smiling and looking at the camera and wearing a white top with a red blazer. On the left side is a quote that reads: "In September 2024, more than 64,000 children in England were waiting for speech and language therapy. In my Wolverhampton North East constituency, children and families are facing unacceptable delays and limited access. Behind each number is a child struggling to communicate in the classroom, a young adult trying to rebuild their life after a brain injury, or a stroke survivor who feels isolated because their voice has been taken away." Sureena Brackenridge, MP, at the Speech and Language Therapy debate on 27 Jan 2025
"In September 2024, more than 64,000 children in England were waiting for SLT... Behind each number is a child struggling to communicate in the classroom, a young adult trying to rebuild their life after a brain injury..."
@sureenawne.bsky.social at the #InvestInSLT debate on 27 Jan 2025
"Many people, especially those from disadvantaged communities, live in areas where services are scarce and where waiting times are long. That can exacerbate some of the issues faced by those communities, as well as the individuals affected."
Dave Robertson at the #InvestInSLT debate on 27/01/25
"We need increased investment to reduce waiting times and to ensure that every child, no matter their background, gets the support they need."
@shockatadam.bsky.social at the #InvestInSLT Speech and Language Therapy debate on 27 January 2025
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"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
"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...
"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.
"The current system is underfunded, overstretched and unprepared for the future."
Sureena Brackenridge MP speaking at the #InvestInSLT speech and language therapy debate on 27 January 2025.
"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.
It is so important that the issues affecting access to speech and language therapy services are tackled. We fully support this campaign - children and young people with communication needs should not have to wait any longer
#InvestInSLT
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
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
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:
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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
A photo of Gillian (on the left) and Saqib (on the right), both smiling at the camera.
Thank you @saqibbhattimp.bsky.social for our unplanned meeting today. Great to catch up about #InvestInSLT, #BabyLoss, #InclusiveParliament and other issues.
Two men smiling.
😊 Great to catch-up with Dave Harford earlier to discuss the #InvestInSLT campaign and much more.
😍 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...
🚨 Check out this update on the #InvestInSLT campaign and the non-update (😔) on the SLT Action Plan.
#WaitUpSLT
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Screenshot of a tweet by Mikey Akers on 5 September 2025 marking 18 months since the tabling of the #InvestInSLT petition.
😊 It's been a total honour and pleasure to be involved in the #InvestInSLT campaign these last 18 months.
🏆 It's one of the best things I've worked on at the RCSLT - and indeed anywhere and everywhere.
🙏🏻 Massive thanks to everyone who's been involved.
💪🏻 Let's keep up the great work!
🚨 #BreakingNews
📋Here's RCSLT's analysis of Rachel Reeves's Spending Review: rcslt.org/policy-and-i...
#SpendingReview #InvestInSLT #FundSLT #SEND #SENDReform
❤️ Fabulous for RCSLT to see this write-up of the #InvestInSLT team's meeting with Stephen Kinnock.
😍 Thanks to @mikeys-wish.bsky.social, Louisa, Chris Kamara, Saqib Bhatti, and @gillianrudd.bsky.social for attending!
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A photo of (left to right) Saqib Bhatti, MP for Meriden, Chris Kamara, Gillian Rudd, Steve Jamieson, Louisa Akers, Mikey Akers and Minister Stephen Kinnock. Everyone is stood up and smiling. The background is a wall of wooden panelling with two framed pictures on the wall and windows at the top.
Thank you Stephen Kinnock and colleagues for a positive and productive #InvestInSLT follow-up meeting today. We were pleased to speak to colleagues across DHSC and DfE and discuss issues relating to funding, service provision and workforce. Next step: action planning.
Today’s the day some of the #investinslt team meet with Stephen Kinnock to discuss more investment in SLT
I know that those who can’t make the meeting will be there in spirit. We would’nt be here without each and everyone of you. 💙
Here’s hoping for something good to come from this. 🤞
PowerPoint presentation first slide reading, 'External affairs and influencing inspiration, infrastructure, impact - and issue' - Peter Just, February 2025.
😊 Presentation for Lord Norton of Louth's students is done.
#PublicAffairs #PolicyInfluencing #ParliamentMatters #Parliament #InvestInSLT #SENDInTheSpecialists #PrescribingNow #ExPremiers #ThatcherAfterDowningStreet #Influencing #ExternalAffairs #Campaigning
