Posts by Sophie Whitehead

Sophie is an adult speech and language therapist working in Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) in the National Health Service. Sophie chairs the UK Clinical Excellence Network for SLTs interested in palliative and end of life care (EoLC), which involves organising and hosting national study days and webinars. She is also a national adviser for the RCSLT in palliative care. This has included reviewing and producing written publications and education materials, taking part in awareness raising campaigns and contributing to national policy; most recently representing the RCSLT at the Government’s Commission on Palliative and EoLC.

Locally, Sophie is passionate about the development of the role of SLT in palliative
care across hospital, hospice and community settings; completing projects,
developing services and providing training and education for SLTs and the
wider Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT).