Peter Just
Peter Just
@peterdjust.bsky.social
Views here my own. Work: external affairs & influencing at the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Research: @expremiers.bsky.social
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💔 Thanks for everything, Dolly, especially this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhTv...
🚨 Great to be reminded of Andy Burnham's speech to @mikeys-wish.bsky.social Family Day in June 2024, which the RCSLT was proud to attend - and to hear him speak about the importance of speech and language therapy. 😊 We look forward to working with him on it! www.youtube.com/watch?reload...
🗣️ 'I'll just have to become known as the whispering MP.' 📻 Check out this interview with Anna Sabine about losing her voice after surgery. 😊 Great for the RCSLT to hear Nick Robinson say of speech & language therapists, 'These people are saints'. 🧵 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
🗣️ 'I won’t let this get in the way of doing the job I was elected to do.' 😊 Anna Sabine highlights the practical adjustments she'll need to do her job. 🚨 The RCSLT & STAMMA-led Inclusive Parliament coalition welcomes these sort of adjustments. 🧵2/ www.frometimes.co.uk/mp-recoverin...
🚨 RCSLT responds to the Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework. 🔗 Check out what we welcome and what more we think needs to be done so people are better supported: www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
📢 Great to see RCSLT quoted in this article on the Govt saying how many speech and language therapists are working in council services. 🚨 Improved national data collection on the number of speech and language therapists working across all sectors, settings, and employers is required.
The government doesn’t know how many speech and language therapists are working in council services ahead of the rollout of its new experts at hand service, a minister has admitted schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-in-the-d...
📢 Calling all speech and language therapists. 📋 The APPG on Allied Health Professions has launched a call for evidence on #AHPs delivering neighbourhood health. ⏰Deadline for submissions: 1 September 2026. www.csp.org.uk/documents/ap...
🚨 Inclusive Parliament coalition statement. ✅ Some welcome things in the House Administration's response to Modernisation Committee. ❌ More to do if Parliament is to be inclusive of and accessible to signers and people with communication needs. 🔗 rcslt.org/news/inclusi...
🚨 The Inclusive Parliament coalition statement is also available in BSL format. 🔗 www.rcslt.org/news/inclusi... www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQLd...
🚨 Last week, the the Department for Education published guidance on inclusion bases. ✅ The RCSLT is pleased it recognises the importance of health professionals, providers, and commissioners being involved from an early stage. 🔗 www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
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📢 Calling everyone interested in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. 📋 Have you seen this new report from @nationalfasd.bsky.social on 'The Cost of Inaction on FASD'? nationalfasd.org.uk/the-cost-of-...
🚨 Today, the House of Lords is debating tackling child poverty. 📋 Check out the RCSLT's evidence to the Education and Work and Pensions Select Committees' inquiry on the Child Poverty Strategy on how we think it can be strengthened. committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
😊 Fantastic to see that Mikey was awarded an MBE in The King's Birthday Honours. 🎉Huge congratulations from all of us at the RCSLT, Mikey. 🙏🏻🙏🏾🙏🏿 Thanks for all you do, including in support of our policy and influencing work. 🧵 1/
We are incredibly proud to announce that our founder, Mikey Akers, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to Special Educational Needs.
😊 Also fantastic to see two speech and language therapists who have supported the RCSLT's policy and influencing work over many years receiving honours in The King's Birthday Honours. 🏅 Elaine Kelman MBE 🏅 Janet Cooper BEM 🎉 Congrats to them! 🧵 2/ www.gov.uk/government/p...
🚨 Yesterday, the House of Lords debated the 'New Autism Strategy (Autism Act 2009 Committee Report)'. 😊 There were various references to speech and language therapy, and to communication. 🧵 1/ hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...
🚨We hope that the new Autism Strategy ensures: 1⃣ autistic people can communicate in the way that suits them best 2⃣ those working with them are trained on communication differences 🧵 4/ www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-w...
3⃣ the training also includes training on how to make adjustments both to the environment and to their own communication. 🧵5/ www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-w...
🚨 Yesterday, the House of Lords debated the 'New Autism Strategy (Autism Act 2009 Committee Report)'. 😊 There were various references to speech and language therapy, and to communication. 🧵 1/ hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...
🗣️ Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell spoke about having speech and language therapy as a child and about being formally diagnosed as autistic in his early 40s. 🧵 2/ hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...
🚨 RCSLT gave written evidence to the Autism Act 2009 Committee and welcomes its report. 🧵3/ www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-w...
🚨 Today, the House of Lords is debating the Autism Act 2009 Committee's 'Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy' report. 🔗 Check out what the RCSLT welcomes about the report and what more we think the Government and Parliament need to do. www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-w...
⚡️ Breaking news: check out the RCSLT's analysis of The King's Speech. 📋 It includes: 1⃣ Education for All Bill 2⃣ NHS Modernisation Bill 3⃣ Courts Modernisation Bill 4⃣ Representation of the People Bill 🔗 Read the analysis in full on this link: www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🥳 Happy May everyone! 😊 It has a number of awareness events relevant to people with communication/swallowing needs and speech and language therapy. 📋 Check out the RCSLT's note on the resources we have to support your awareness-raising. www.rcslt.org/get-involved...
🚨 Last week there was a debate in the House of Commons on Allied Health Professionals. 🗣️ MPs from all sides highlighted the central role of AHPs, including speech and language therapists, in supporting people of all ages to live better lives. 🧵 1/ hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
😊 It was great for RCSLT to hear so many MPs speak about the role of AHPs, and specifically about the role of SLTs, including in relation to the Department for Education's SEND reforms and the Department of Health and Social Care's 10 Year Workforce Plan. 🧵 2/ hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
😊 The RCSLT was also very pleased to hear some MPs make the case for independent prescribing responsibilities to be extended to more allied health professionals - the key ask of the #PrescribingNow campaign. 🧵 3/ hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
🔗 You can read the @RCSLT statement in full here: www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🚨 10 Year Workforce Plan update. 📋 As the DHSC develops the Plan, RCSLT and ASLTIP have come together to issue a joint statement setting out the tests we'll be applying to the Plan once it is published. 🔗 Read it in full here: www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🚨 A week on from the House of Commons debate on SEND provision and reform, here's the briefing that the RCSLT had prepared for the debate. 🔗 www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u... 😊 We're very grateful to those MPs who highlighted speech, language, and communication, and speech and language therapy. 🧵1/
🚨 You can read the whole SEND provision and reform debate on the link below. 🧵 2/ hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026...
😊 The RCSLT is particularly grateful to @saqibbhattimp.bsky.social for highlighting in the debate the amazing work of @mikeys-wish.bsky.social, Chris Kamara, and the rest of the #InvestInSLT campaign. 🧵3/ hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026...
💥 NEWS FLASH: #InvestInSLT campaign update! 🚨 RCSLT & @mikeys-wish.bsky.social are delighted to announce new supporters for the Downing Street letter. ▶️ Advisory group members Robin Hurtley and Dr @samburrslt.bsky.social ▶️ Chris Kamara, and Symbol UK 📰 More info here: rcslt.org/news/invest-...
💥BREAKING NEWS 📢 Over 50 organisations join the #InvestInSLT campaign call for the Government to publish the long-promised Speech and Language Therapy Action Plan. 📨 Check out the @mikeys-wish.bsky.social and RCSLT co-ordinated letter to Keir Starmer here: www.rcslt.org/news/invest-...
🚨 RCSLT welcomes this evidence-informed report which addresses an issue that we know is a concern for many SLTs. 🔍 We'll be looking closely at the recommendations and guidance for families in relation to early communication and language development. www.gov.uk/government/n...