The adult speech and language therapy team assess, diagnose and provide goal directed-intervention for adults with speech, language, communication and/or swallowing difficulties resulting from acquired neurological or progressive neurological conditions. This could include conditions such as stroke, or multiple sclerosis.
You can read more about the services we provide across London and West Hertfordshire below.
The service provides specialist assessment and management of adult patients who present with speech, language, communication, voice and swallowing disorders resulting from:
- Stroke
- Progressive neurological disorders e.g. Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease
- Head Injury
- Brain tumour
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Other cancers
- Voice disorders
- Dementia
- Tracheostomy
- Gender dysphoria
- Mental Health (East and North Hertfordshire)
The disorders assessed and treated by SLT are:
- Dysphagia (swallowing disorders)
- Aphasia (acquired language disorder)
- Dysarthria (speech disorder)
- Dyspraxia (speech disorder)
- Dysphonia (voice disorder)
- Dysfluency (stammer/stutter)
The Barnet Adult Speech and Language Therapy Service is a team of Speech and Language Therapists (SLT) who provide assessment and treatment to adults with acquired communication and/or swallowing disorders. This includes all aspects of communication (including speech, language, and voice) and swallowing disorders. Specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment is provided along with advice, education and support to patients and their family and carers.
The Barnet SLT Team provide support to the below services.
- Planned Care
- Parkinson’s Service
- Early Supported Discharge (ESD)
- Home Enteral Feeding Team (HEFT)
- Voice Service
- Community Inpatient at Finchley Memorial Hospital and Edgware Community Hospital
- Frailty Team
Location
Care is provided in patients own homes, in clinic, or inpatient settings.
Clinics
- Finchley Memorial Hospital,
Granville Road, North Finchley, London, N12 0JE - Edgware Community Hospital,
Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, HA8 0AD - Vale Drive Health Centre,
Vale Drive, Barnet, EN5 2ED
Inclusion criteria
- Anyone over the age of 18 years with an acquired swallowing and/or communication disorder
- Registered with a Barnet GP
Exclusion Criteria
Barnet Adult Speech and Language Therapy Service provides support to a range of different services. Please refer to the specific service for information regarding exclusion criteria.
Contact information
For general enquiries please contact: clcht.barneticsadministration@nhs.net / 0300 020 0655
For service specific enquiries please refer to their service information.
Referrals
We accept referrals from health care professionals and GPs. Please refer to the specific service for referral information.
Our adult speech and language therapy (SLT) service offers you:
- care in hospital
- care in community settings in Brent, Ealing and Harrow
- intermediate care.
Our speech and language therapists are specialists in assessing, diagnosing and treating you if you have a communication or oro-pharyngeal swallowing disorder.
We aim to give you the best possible function, independence and quality of life by providing you with treatment programmes, advice and education. We work directly with you, and with your carers and families as you need us to.
We also train other health professionals in screening for swallowing problems and in supporting you with communication and swallowing difficulties.
Who we see
We offer you specialist assessment and treatment if you have problems with speech, language, voice, or swallowing, which result from:
- a cardio-vascular problem (such as a stroke)
- a degenerative neurological disorder
- a head injury
- a brain tumour
- head and neck cancer (including if you have had your voice box removed through a laryngectomy)
- other cancers
- dementia
- respiratory conditions, including if you have a tracheostomy tube
- complications after surgery
- tracheostomy
- swallowing problems due to frailty
- stammering.
Location and contact information
- Telephone: 020 8102 3456
- Email address: clcht.brentspa@nhs.net
Referral information
Routine referrals will come through to the Brent SPA. The SPA will be available from 08:00 to 17:00. Outside of the SPA opening times, please use the SPA number and your call will be routed directly to the clinical teams that operate out of these hours. To contact the SPA, telephone 020 8102 3456 or email clcht.brentspa@nhs.net.
We accept referrals from health care professionals, via single point of access.
- Referral email address: CLCHT.SPA.Referral@nhs.net
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
- Anyone 16 years of age and above
- Acquired or progressive neurological conditions resulting in communication or swallowing difficulties.
- We provide assessment and advice for clients with swallowing difficulties who present with respiratory difficulties on a case by case basis
- Registered with a GP or living in the boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, or Westminster
Contact information
You can contact the team via the team administrator in the community neuro rehabilitation service.
- Telephone: 020 8102 3879
- Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm.
Home visits
Clients are seen in their homes and in other locations in their local community where appropriate.
- Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 7pm.
- Referral email: clcht.westherts.slt@nhs.net
- Contact number: 03000 200 656
- Address: The Marlowes Health and Wellbeing Centre, The Marlowes 39-41, The Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, HPI ILD