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RCSLT Policy & Public Affairs team (Caroline, Claire, Joanne, Naj, Elissa & Peter) covering UK Government and England.
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Joined April 2015
📢 The @RCSLT #RCSLTPPA Team is spending recess preparing for Parliament's return, including looking back at some previous parliamentary activity. 😊 So, with thanks to @GillianRudd for alerting us, it's great to see @RachelGilmourLD highlighting waiting times.
After learning about a constituent named Jack and his two-year wait for the speech therapy he was promised, I wrote to the Chief Executive of NHS Devon to ask what immediate action was being taken to address the backlog and ensure that children receive the SALT support they need.
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RT @GillianRudd: 🙏 Thank you @HealthwatchE for raising awareness of both the value of speech and language therapy, and of the issues that t….
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📢 Calling all #SLPeeps and #SLT2B . 🚨 Check out this @ConHome article by Sir John Hayes MP making the case for a National Right to Rehab. #RightToRehab #BrainInjuryAwareness #NeuroRehabilitation #UKPolitics #HealthPolicy #BrainInjury #Rehab.
conservativehome.com
We must establish a national neurorehabilitation framework which guarantees that access to specialist care is not a lottery, but a certain path to recovery.
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🚨 Modernisation Committee update. 😊For all those interested in the work of the #InclusiveParliament coalition being led by @RCSLT and @stammer, check out this press release from the House of Commons Modernisation Committee.
committees.parliament.uk
The House of Commons has made a series of rapid improvements in response to the Modernisation Committee’s accessibility inquiry.
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🚨 Update on our Select Committee work. 🗣️ @Cooper21Jan's oral evidence to the @CommonsHealth's inquiry on The First 1,000 Days is now available online:
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🚨 Guardian editorial on the #Oracy letter to Sir @Keir_Starmer. 👏🏻👏🏽👏🏿 Massive congratulations to our friends @voice21oracy for their amazing campaigning on this.
theguardian.com
Editorial: Verbal communication has always been crucial. But today more than ever, young people must be equipped for jobs that can’t be done by machines
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😍 Fantastic for @RCSLT to see this - it takes #InvestInSLT campaigning to another level!. 🫵🏻🫵🏽🫵🏿Can you come up with other creative ideas about spreading the word over the summer?!. 😊 If so, please share - we'd love to see them!.
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📰 Simon Jenkins has written a comment piece on the issue.
theguardian.com
The PM promised to prioritise oracy lessons, but has failed to do so. Set against tests and exams, it is seen as a luxury: in fact it is essential, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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🚨 @RCSLT's proud to have signed this open letter to @Keir_Starmer coordinated by our colleagues at @voice21oracy reiterating the need to support all children in developing their speaking, listening, and communication skills.
📣 2 years ago, Sir Keir Starmer pledged to embed #oracy in the curriculum. Today, a coalition of parliamentarians, education experts & schools are calling on him to deliver on that pledge. Read the letter here:
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🚨 We're pleased to share @RCSLT's written evidence to the @CommonsHealth's inquiry on The First 1000 Days. ▶️ You can read it in full:.
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5⃣ There is enough money in the system, and the right funding incentives, for these reforms to work.
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4⃣ Children with SEND’s achievements, progress and experiences are measured, so that no-one is left behind. Educational leaders are required to narrow the gap between disabled and non-disabled children’s experience of education.
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3⃣ Every local area has a plan for how they will provide a good education for the children who live there, including ensuring sufficient professionals such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and educational psychologists.
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2⃣ Nurseries, schools and colleges set up to succeed for children with SEND, with the training, tools and access to specialist advice and support they need.
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We agree - it’s time to fix the SEND system and #ReformSEND. Important new campaign #FightForOrdinary is calling for:. 1⃣ Support for every child who needs it – not just those with EHC Plans - with the current SEN support arrangements put on a statutory footing.
It’s time to fix the SEND system. A whole generation of disabled children and those with additional needs are being let down by a broken education system. #FightForOrdinary
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👏🏻👏🏽👏🏿Massive applause and thanks to each and every one of you who has got behind, signed, promoted, and supported these three fantastic petitions - #Bercow10 #FundSLT & #InvestInSLT - since 2018. Here's to many more!.
🥳 Happy Birthday to e-petitions!. 😍 They've been one of the best things I've worked on in my time at @RCSLT. 3⃣ The @RCSLTpolicy team has been involved in three!. 🧵 1/.
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🚨 In her Commons' statement on the strategy, @educationgovuk Secretary, @bphillipsonMP spoke of the 'amazing work' that speech and language therapists do, noting too their 'brilliant work'. 3/.
hansard.parliament.uk
Hansard record of the item : ' Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life' on Monday 7 July 2025.
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📢 In order to be successful, the implementation of the strategy must utilise the unique contribution that speech and language therapists can make. 🚨 Action is needed on services and workforce expansion. 2/.
rcslt.org
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🚨 Check out @RCSLT's statement welcoming @educationgovuk's 'Giving every child the best start in life' strategy. 📋It includes:. ✅ Recognition of communication skills as foundational to a child’s development.✅ Strengthening early language support. 1/.
rcslt.org
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