Speech and Language Therapy: Useful Websites
This guide contains resources, help and support from the library for Speech and Language Therapy
Not all websites are of academic standard or trustworthy. The following websites are related to your profession and have standing within your industry. They may be helpful for current awareness, your professional development, or specific forms of information relevant to your studies.
- AfasicAfasic supports parents and represents children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).
- Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP)ASLTIP has two main functions:
Firstly, to provide information on independent Speech and Language Therapy throughout the United Kingdom.
Secondly, to support Speech and Language Therapists in independent practice. - British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)BAAL is a professional association based in the UK, which provides a forum for people interested in language and applied linguistics.
- British Voice Association (BVA)The BVA is a group of multidisciplinary professionals working to promote the field of voice, raise awareness through education and research, and provide support to those with vocal problems.
- Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA)CLAPA is the only UK-wide voluntary organisation specifically helping those with, and affected by, cleft lip and palate.
CLAPA was set up in 1979 as a partnership between parents and health professionals. It provides support for new parents, and for people with the condition and their families, from infancy through to adulthood. - The Cleft Registry and Audit Network (CRANE Database)The Cleft Registry and Audit NEtwork (CRANE) Database collects information about all children born with cleft lip and/or cleft palate in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This database was set up by the Department of Health in 2000.
- National Disease Registration Service (NDRS)The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) records population-based disease registration services, clinical data, quality assurance, surveillance, analysis and monitoring.
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)The RCSLT is the professional body for speech and language therapists in the UK; providing leadership and setting professional standards. They facilitate and promote research into the field of speech and language therapy, promote better education and training of speech and language therapists and provide information for members, and the public, about speech and language therapy.
- speechtherapy.co.ukThis is an unoffocial site, not attached to an offifical body, written by two speech and language therapists. The site provides links, information, and discussion forums.
- RSPH Allied Health Professionals HubResources to support all UK AHPs to protect and improve public health
- NHS Acronym BusterNHS Acronym Buster has over a thousand commonly used healthcare abbreviations for you to access when you need them.
- UK Health Security AgencyOne of the organisations taking the place of Public Health England. Responsible since April 2021 for UK-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability, and replacing Public Health England. It is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care..
- Office for Health Improvement & DisparitiesOne of the organisations (together with the UK Health Security Agency) taking the place of Public Health England. This Office focusses on improving the nation’s health so that everyone can expect to live more of life in good health, and on levelling up health disparities to break the link between background and prospects for a healthy life..