Children and adults across the UK are waiting too long for speech and language therapy and support is a postcode lottery, with some families waiting years for support. Please sign and help us show the Government that it's time to change this and improve services for everyone!
Petition link:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/587872
The ask:
We want the Government to improve the lives of people of all ages with communication and swallowing needs by ensuring they are able to access the speech and language therapy that they and their families and carers need.
Further information:
The ability to communicate and eat and drink safely are basic human rights. Yet as shown in a recent report by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (Speech and language therapy during and beyond COVID-19) too many people have not been able to access the speech and language therapy they need during the COVID-19 pandemic, making their lives worse in a number of ways, including their mental health. We are calling on the Government to implement the report's recommendations.
Links for more information:
Building back better: Speech and language therapy services after COVID-19 (2021): www.rcslt.org/get-involved/building-back-better-speech-and-language-therapy-services-after-covid-19/
We need to talk: Access to speech and language therapy (2019): www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/report/we-need-to-talk/
Bercow: Ten Years On report (2018): www.bercow10yearson.com/
The Bercow Report (2008): <a class="break-all" href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130321050419/www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/Bercow-Report.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130321050419/www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/Bercow-Report.pdf