Speech and Language Therapy (SALT)

Speech and Language Therapy

Our aim is to provide a high quality, specialist service for adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties.

Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) within NUH covers both acute and rehabilitative settings across Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital campuses. The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) will also form part of this service.

What we do:

Broadly, we work with both adults and children to assess, diagnose and support in the management of communication and swallowing disorders (dysphagia). Some Speech and Language Therapists are also involved with tracheostomy management.

We help people to achieve their full potential by working with them individually or in groups and will include relatives, carers, volunteers and other professionals and agencies where appropriate.

The Adult and Paediatric SLT Service at NUH is comprised of the following teams

Front door (SDEC, ED)
Paediatrics and Neonates
Stroke inpatients
Specialist Medicine
Neurosciences and Critical Care
Instrumental services (Videofluoroscopy and Fibreoptic Endoscopic
Evaluation of Swallow)
Neurorehabilitation
Outpatients (MND, Parkinson's, reablement team, neurorehabilitation-outpatients).

SLT teams that provide support but operate as separate services are

Trent Cleft Network
Learning Disability Liaison Team
Nottingham Auditory Implant Programme (NAIP)
Ear nose and throat (ENT)

Please find their separate contact details listed at the bottom of the page.

NUH SLT Service is also committed to offering teaching and training to a diverse audience including patients, families, students, other Speech and Language Therapists and other professionals. We provide placements with several partner universities, as well as work experience opportunities.

Apply for work experience within our team. For work experience queries, please contact the wider work experience team at nuhnt.nuhworkexperience@nhs.net.

Community SLT

For information about what community SLT services are available within Nottinghamshire, please visit their websites directly for the most up to date information: