It’s Nutrition & Hydration week this week and tomorrow is Swallowing Awareness Day! Look out for our SLT teams Nottingham University Hospitals tomorrow as they raise awareness of #dysphagia There may even be a few treats in store…🍬 #NHW2023 #SwallowAware2023 NUH Therapies

Team SLT lunch! We had a variation of Level 4, 5 & 6. The Tikka Masala had our vote! #SwallowAware2023 #nhweek2023 #dysphagia RCSLT 💙 NUH Therapies Nottingham University Hospitals

So impressed & proud of all the SLTs @NUHAdultSLT who have put very valuable time & effort into a very successful Swallowing Awareness Day today despite the clinical pressures! Education around #dysphagia is vital in keeping our pts safe & supporting QOL #SwallowAware2023 👏🏻

We had such great engagement & questions from staff today on the Neuro ward! Deffo worth doing 👏🏻

Another jam packed celebration board to share- lots of exciting things have happened over the last few weeks, including 2 awake craniotomies & lots of joint MDT working! NUH Therapies @NUHAdultSLT #mySLTday

What a week last week! Our MND clinic SLT Becky Thurman attended the #nuhawards ceremony & the MND clinic team won the NUH Public Award 🏆👏🏻We had our 3rd dept lightning talks session which was fantastic! ⚡️And it was AHP celebration week! #AHPsDay2023 #oursltweek

Big thank you to Steve (Physio assistant) for producing such a wonderful game for Speech and Language Therapy communication groups. MDT working at its best! NUH Stroke Physiotherapists Daybrook stroke rehab

This week’s #mythbustingmonday NGTs stop the risk of aspiration pneumonia… FALSE Nasogastric tubes offer only limited protection against aspiration pneumonia due to risk of secondary aspiration. (Dziewas et al, 2004)

A few of our therapists attended the Huckabee Dysphagia Course led by Maggie-Lee Huckabee herself! Can’t wait to put what we’ve learnt into practice! 🤓 #dysphagia #huckabeecourse #slt #neverstoplearning

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This is so important. We were trained that thickened fluids were the only option. They’re not, and in fact, the evidence is inconclusive about their impact. It’s time for us as a profession to stand up for evidence based interventions. Patients deserve better

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#mythbustingmonday People without teeth don’t need mouth care…FALSE Everyone needs mouth care. You can still brush the gums, tongue & palate. Saliva can carry bacteria from the mouth to the lungs & cause pneumonia. Keep those mouths clean!! 🦷 👄 🪥

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Critical care SLTs (Amy Storer SLT Ellie Sansoyer SLT) delivered a practical session to Spiritual & Pastoral Care at NUH on communication in critical care & with trache patients! We had some great feedback on what they will take away from the session. Thank you for having us🗣️✍🏼 🔤 #training #criticalcare

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Me & Ellie Sansoyer SLT spent this afternoon at the East Midlands MND Network meeting!A fantastic CPD event about new technologies to support our patients with MND!Thanks to Zambon for hosting&letting us know about new pharma advances to support MND pts with dysphagia! #mysltday

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