Speech and language therapy services are generally for inpatients only: we only accept outpatients who have been referred by a UCLH consultant.
The service provided to patients referred to the department may include the following:
- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Liaison with medical, nursing staff and other professionals
- Liaison with parents, relatives, carers
- Advice and therapy concerning communication and/or swallowing
- Referral for further investigation e.g. videofluoroscopy, FEES
- Referral to other Speech and Language Therapists following discharge
- Liaison with community agencies
- Training for professionals, carers or family
We maintain close links with Camden and Islington PCT to ensure patients are redirected to the appropriate community service, e.g. the Michael Palin Stammering Centre or the Early Years Speech and Language Therapy Service.
- For head and neck cancers we provide FEES (fibreoptic endocopic evaluation of swallowing), laryngectomy, Blom-Singer valves, tracheostomy and radiotherapy.
- We treat premature and term babies with feeding, swallowing and communication disorders. Our consultant speech and language therapist is trained in the Newborn Individualised Developmental Care and Asessment Programme (NIDCAP).
- We offer a videofluoroscopy swallowing assessment service for adults and children.
- We treat Stroke, Parkinson's disease and other disorders that result in communication or swallowing problems.