What we do
Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy
What we do
Inpatients: We accept referrals for any
child who is an inpatient at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
(BRHC) and St Michael's Hospital and requires assessment and
management of acute onset feeding and swallowing difficulties
and/or communication difficulties. We see children from age 0
up to 18 who are a patient on any ward including the Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
(PICU).
Neuro-rehab and Neuro-surgery: We are
part of the Regional Specialist Neurorehabilitation team for
Paediatrics. We see children and young people who require an
inpatient stay for neuro-rehabilitation for communication and
feeding skills and input to long term neurorehabilitation follow
up. We also offer joint assessment pre- and post-
neurosurgery for communication and swallowing disorders, associated
with a variety of neurological conditions. We contribute to
the assessment and ongoing management of young people with
swallowing and communication changes following epilepsy surgery,
for which BRHC is a regional centre.
Deep Brain Stimulation
Outpatient Service: We are part of the
multidisciplinary team to assess children with complex movement
disorders that impact on their facial
movement, communication and swallowing skills. This is
part of the assessment for DBS.
Click here to see the DBS page for more details.
Outpatients: We are able to see
outpatients for voice and other upper airway disorders. We
also see some outpatients for feeding and swallowing- please
enquire if you would like to make an outpatient referral.
- Children who require speech and language therapy for any other
communication difficulties e.g. speech or language delays/disorders
or stammering,will need to be referred to their local community
serviceas we do not offer a general outpatient service here.
Joint Clinics: We are involved in the
monthly joint ENT and upper airways clinics, who take patients from
around the South West.
Videofluoroscopy: We normally run a
twice-weekly videofluoroscopy clinic for inpatients and
outpatients, jointly with Radiology. Videofluoroscopy is a
special moving x-ray, used to assess swallowing.
