Recognising Swallowing Awareness Day

It was great to see our Speech and Language Therapists out in full force on Wednesday 16th March in support of Swallowing Awareness Day.

The team took to the tea trolley and visited several areas of the hospital to talk through Dysphagia and showcased a variety of different liquid thickeners used to help patients with swallowing difficulties. They encouraged staff to swallow a mouthful of liquid with their heads tilted forward and then titled back, to emulate the difficulties faced by patients suffering with Dysphagia.

You can learn more about Dysphagia, who it affects, how it's assessed and more, by clicking here.