Barry Dillion
5 Mar 2014 · Coroner Michael Singleton · Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley
The coroner's concerns
1. insufficient speech and language therapy resources
“There are currently insufficient resources to provide a comprehensive SLT service at the Royal Blackburn Hospital. The Royal College of Speech and 1 Language Therapists' guidelines recommend a two working day response time to referrals for a swallow assessment. This is not achieved by the SLT service at the Royal Blackburn Hospital and there is a risk assessment in place which is currently on the East Lancashire Hospitals Trust Corporate Risk Register with an accompanying business case identifying”
Responses
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