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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...

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Published in:Infant Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 157 - 162
Main Authors: Murphy, Rebecca, Harding, Celia, Aloysius, Annie, Sweeting, Michelle, Crossley, Siew-Lian
Format: tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Stansted News Ltd Jul2021
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          Murphy, Rebecca
          Harding, Celia
          Aloysius, Annie
          Sweeting, Michelle
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          Attitude of Health Personnel
          Allied Health Personnel
          Professional Role
          Intensive Care Units, Neonatal United Kingdom
          Speech-Language Pathologist Attitudes
          United Kingdom
          Workforce
          Multidisciplinary Care Team
          Education
          Deglutition Disorders
          Outcome Assessment
          Communication
      ab: 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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