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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🗣️ '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...

frometimes.co.ukMP recovering after surgery affects voiceFrome MP Anna Sabine is recovering after thyroid surgery resulted in an injury to the nerve controlling her vocal cords,

📢 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.

Schools Week@schoolsweek.bsky.social

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...

🪨 #RockingAphasia comes to All Saints' Church in Hessle. 🤦🏻‍♂️Must remember to check next year: is the place clearer than the hashtag? #Aphasia #AphasiaAwareness #AphasiaAwarenessMonth

🚨 #RockingAphasia update! 😊 I was pleased to leave my first two stones yesterday. 🪨 One at the Edgar Wilson Model Village in Vauxhall Park in London. 🪨 One at King's Cross station. 🫵🏻 Are you taking part this year? #Aphasia #AphasiaAwareness #AphasiaAwarenessMonth

🪨 #RockingAphasia prepping at the RCSLT! 🎨 Alas, of all the things I inherited from my Father, his artistic streak was not one of them. 🫵🏻🫵🏾🫵🏿 Are you taking part this year? #Aphasia #AphasiaAwarenessMonth

😊 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/

Mikey’s Wish Foundation@mikeys-wish.bsky.social

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.

🚨 Last week, the Department for Education published new guidance on the Experts at Hand offer and announced the membership of the Expert Panel. 📋 Check out the RCSLT's response, including our delight that the Expert Panel includes two speech and language therapists.

🪅 Happy National Sausage Roll Day everyone. 😍 To mark it, our favourite dish: battered sausage and chips - with tomato sauce. 🍅 Because where would we be in life without what we understand Down South is called 'ketchup'?

🥳 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...

rcslt.orgGiving Voice campaign – How to get involved | RCSLTThe Giving Voice campaign helps to ensure people with speech, language and communication needs and their carers and families' requirements are met.

😊 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...

hansard.parliament.ukAllied Health Professionals - Hansard - UK ParliamentHansard record of the item : 'Allied Health Professionals' on Thursday 23 April 2026.

🚨 Update on rare diseases 📋 The RCSLT responds to the NICE quality standard for rare diseases. ✅ There are things we weclome. 😊 We hope it leads to better lives for people with rare diseases who have communication and/or swallowing needs.

🚨 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/

💥 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-...

rcslt.orgInvest in SLT campaign letter delivered to Downing Street | RCSLT
Peter Just@peterdjust.bsky.social

💥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-...

☕️ Spring: being able to take a coffee outside, using the cup and saucer your much missed Uncle gave you, and laughing to yourself (in a break in from #InvestInSLT activity) about all the carnage he used to cause. ❤️ Thanks, Uncle.