Event material

The following resources are available to help you run a local event

Videos of presentations and supporting documents

Context setting

Kamini Gadhok MBE, CEO, RCSLT; and

Professor Pam Enderby OBE, Emeritus Professor, University of Sheffield

Watch the video.

Download the presentation.

Positives and pitfalls of evidence-based practice when determining outcomes

Tracy Lazenby-Paterson, Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Lothian

Watch the video.

Download the presentation.

Workforce (including training) – with a focus on developing the competencies of the wider workforce

Professor Sue Pownall, Head of Speech and Language Therapy and Clinical Lead in Dysphagia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; and

Clare Stevenson, Service and Clinical Lead for Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy Service, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

Watch the video.

Download the presentation.

Download the stakeholder map.

Download the inter-professional dysphagia framework

Download the proforma.

Raising awareness – making dysphagia everybody’s business, which includes those not directly involved in the patient’s dysphagia care

Anita Smith, Consultant / Professional Lead SLT, East Sussex Dysphagia Lead, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; and

Ana Marie Magorrian, Assistant SLT Manager Acute Adult and Voice Services, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Watch the video.

Download the presentation.

Download the Bulletin article relating to Swallowing Awareness Day 2018.

Download the proforma.

Guidance and resources – where members have developed local protocols/policies 

(i) Do other members think these are helpful to be shared?

(ii) How can these be applied in other services/ support other services to develop their own local polices/ protocols?

Dr Justin Roe, Clinical Service Lead – Speech and Language Therapy (Airway/ Ear, Nose and Throat Service), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and Honorary Lecturer – Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London; and

Dr Alison Stroud, Head of Speech and Language Therapy, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, and Head of Wales Office, RCSLT

Watch the video.

Download the presentation.

Download the joint statement on the implementation of IDDSI.

Download the RCSLT care homes guidance.

Download the proforma.

Evidence and data – to identify what data could and should be collected to support improving outcomes for adults with dysphagia

Professor Pam Enderby OBE, Emeritus Professor, University of Sheffield

Watch the video.
Download the presentation.
Download the RCSLT outcomes project slide.
Download the proforma.

Outcomes/next steps/actions

Download the proforma.