A city-wide, multi-agency strategy in Stoke on Trent to tackle the high incidence of speech and language delay identified in children in the early years.
The Catering Team, Speech and Language Team and Dietetics Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have worked together to create three new colour-coded, menus for patients with dysphagia, whch adopt the language and design of The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative’s (IDDSI) framework. The IDDSI framework ensures that the same terms and textures are used for all diet and all fluids across the world.
Claire Saxby, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, said: “We are so proud of the work we have carried out on our new patient menus. We join a global initiative which means that for an individual with dysphagia, whichever care setting they travel to in the world, their dietary requirements will be understood and acted on.”
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‘Stoke Speaks Out’ is a city-wide, multi-agency project which was founded in 2004 to reduce health inequality by tackling the high incidence of delays in children’s’ speech and language development in Stoke-on-Trent. It is led by Clinical Lead Speech/Language Therapist Janet Cooper and her team of speech and language therapists from Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust (SSOTP) and is commissioned by Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
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