Developments in allied health professionals' role in UK neonatal units: a speech and language therapy perspective.
The recent Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) survey (2019) has highlighted the significant lack of allied health professional (AHP) provision in neonatal care in the UK. Speech and language therapists (SLT) are part of the AHP workforce currently under-represented in neonatal care. This article su...
| Published in: | Infant Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 157 - 162 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Stansted News Ltd
Jul2021
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | The recent Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) survey (2019) has highlighted the significant lack of allied health professional (AHP) provision in neonatal care in the UK. Speech and language therapists (SLT) are part of the AHP workforce currently under-represented in neonatal care. This article summarises how SLTs are addressing the feeding and early communication service requirements and SLT skills needed to support newborn infants and families, and contributing to the wider multidisciplinary neonatal care team. |
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