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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 To mark #WorldHomelessDay here's the coalition RCSLT brought together last year calling for greater awareness of:

1⃣ the links between homelessness & speech, language & communication needs
2⃣ how speech & language therapy can support people experiencing homelessness

▶️ rcslt.org/wp-content/u...

The logos of organisations supporting a statement on speech and language therapy in homelessness.

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 4d

🤩 How can you go to Manchester and not meet up with The Legend Who Is Alex?!

Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 8d

😢 R.I.P. Dame Patricia Routledge.

🙏🏻 Thank you for gifting us the only guide to life one needs: 'What would the Queen Mum do?'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSYZ...

Kitty 3 - with Patricia Routledge - BBC

YouTube video by maxinebendix

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 9d

😊 Great to catch-up with Dave Harford earlier to discuss the #InvestInSLT campaign and much more.

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 17d

😍 Am so proud of the #InvestInSLT home-team for being shortlisted for 'Best Lobbying Campaign' at today's Memcom Excellence Awards.

❤️ Thanks to everyone who made it possible.

➡️ You can read more about why we've been shortlisted here: www.memcom.org.uk/blog/success...

Best Lobbying Campaign

Recognising influential campaigns that effectively shaped public policy, legislation, or professional practice.

www.memcom.org.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 Check out this update on the #InvestInSLT campaign and the non-update (😔) on the SLT Action Plan.

#WaitUpSLT

waitupslt.blogspot.com/2025/09/miss...

Where is the Government action plan for Speech and Language Therapy services?

Earlier this year, the UK government committed to developing an action plan to address long ‐ standing concerns about the availability of ...

waitupslt.blogspot.com

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 18d

🇮🇹 Just saying.

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Large English train station inspired by Italy named the best in the UK

A MAJOR train station has been named the best of its kind in the UK. Hull Paragon Interchange was named the Best Large Train Station in the country in the National Rail Awards 2025. It first opened…

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 20d

🚨 RCSLT's proud to have joined the #ChildHealthWorkforceAlliance - 25 organisations seeking to build a workforce for the healthiest generation of children ever.

▶️Our briefing shows how Govt can make child health a priority in its NHS workforce plan:
rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...

The logos of the25 organisations making up the Child Health Workforce Alliance.

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 The #SENDInTheSpecialists coalition, of which the RCSLT is a member, has issued a statement on the 'Solving the SEND crisis' report.

✅ We welcome the recommendation on a joint SEND work plan between the Education and Health and Social Care Departments.

#SENDInquiry #SEND #SENDWorkforce

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SEND in The Specialists coalition statement on the Education Select Committee's inquiry into 'Solving the SEND crisis'.

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 Check out the RCSLT's response to the Education Select Committee's 'Solving the SEND crisis' report.

#SEND #SENDInquiry

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www.rcslt.org/news/solving...

'Solving the SEND Crisis' published | RCSLT

www.rcslt.org

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 'Solving the SEND crisis' report published

📢 The Education Select Committee has this morning published its report on 'Solving the SEND crisis'.

🧵 A thread on the RCSLT's response and the response of the SEND in The Specialists coalition.

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committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...

Solving the SEND crisis: report calls for culture shift and funding to make mainstream education genuinely inclusive - Committees - UK Parliament

A new Education Committee report calls for a root and branch transformation of the way mainstream education caters to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).&...

committees.parliament.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 25d

🚨 David also asked @karinsmythmp.bsky.social at the DHSC about the 'A Profession Under Pressure' report by @gillianrudd.bsky.social.

😊 Massive RCSLT thanks to David for asking these questions about the report.

#ProfessionUnderPressure

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Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament

Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

questions-statements.parliament.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 25d

🚨 David Williams asked DfE about the RCSLT's 'A Profession Under Pressure' report, written by @gillianrudd.bsky.social.

#ProfessionUnderPressure

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Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament

Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

questions-statements.parliament.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 25d

🚨 Fantastic to see this quote from DfE minister @georgiagould.bsky.social on speech and language therapists breaking down communication barriers in response to a written question from David Williams MP on the RCSLT report 'A Profession Under Pressure' by @gillianrudd.bsky.social.

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“Speech and language therapists break down communication barriers, unlocking learning, inclusion, and opportunity for every child. They play a critical role in early intervention for children and young people.”
Georgia Gould, education minister, September 2025

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 26d

👋 @naplic.bsky.social @wordaware.bsky.social @susanebbels.bsky.social @beckyclark22.bsky.social - did you see the reference to developmental language disorder during yesterday's SEND Debate in the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk?

#SENDDebate #DLD #DevLangDis

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 Yesterday, there was a @houseofcommons.parliament.uk #SENDDebate led by Roz Savage.

🗣️ MPs from all parties talked about the experiences of children with #SEND and their families in their constituencies.

📋 There were references to #SLT and #SLCN issues.

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hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Children with SEND: Assessments and Support - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Children with SEND: Assessments and Support' on Monday 15 September 2025.

hansard.parliament.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 The #SENDDebate was just one part of a #SEND Day of Action, about which @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social has written a blog.

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 26d

NEW POST: We look back at yesterday's SEND Petition Debate as MPs speak up for EHCP rights—at the start of a big week of SEND news. You need to know what's in store! www.specialneedsjungle.com/s...

image shows a screen grab from the debate with an image of some of the socr team inset

Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 @helenhayes.bsky.social revealed the Education Committee's #SEND inquiry report is due this week.

▶️ You can read RCSLT's written evidence: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

📺 And see our oral evidence:
committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...

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hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Children with SEND: Assessments and Support - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Children with SEND: Assessments and Support' on Monday 15 September 2025.

hansard.parliament.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 26d

😊 RCSLT looks forward to working with @georgiagould.bsky.social and her DfE and DHSC colleagues on #SENDDebate and other issues.

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hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Children with SEND: Assessments and Support - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Children with SEND: Assessments and Support' on Monday 15 September 2025.

hansard.parliament.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 Great to hear DfE minister @georgiagould.bsky.social
say:

🗣️'Siouxsie gave me a flag by which to remember young people with speech and language issues. That will be in my office, and I will think about those young people every day in this job.'

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hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Children with SEND: Assessments and Support - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Children with SEND: Assessments and Support' on Monday 15 September 2025.

hansard.parliament.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 26d

👏🏻👏🏽👏🏿 It was great to hear Victoria Collins talk about her constituent, Siouxsie, who has developmental language disorder, and ask the Govt what they will do to make sure #DevLangDis voices are heard and children's individual needs are met.

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hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Children with SEND: Assessments and Support - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Children with SEND: Assessments and Support' on Monday 15 September 2025.

hansard.parliament.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 Yesterday, there was a @houseofcommons.parliament.uk #SENDDebate led by Roz Savage.

🗣️ MPs from all parties talked about the experiences of children with #SEND and their families in their constituencies.

📋 There were references to #SLT and #SLCN issues.

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hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Children with SEND: Assessments and Support - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Children with SEND: Assessments and Support' on Monday 15 September 2025.

hansard.parliament.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 27d

📰 This looks very interesting - and exciting! - news from Devon & Cornwall police.

🚨 'Motorists with communication needs offered free seatbelt covers'

news.devon-cornwall.police.uk/news-article...

News Article - Devon & Cornwall Police

News from Devon & Cornwall Police media team

news.devon-cornwall.police.uk

Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 28d

❤️💔❤️ Amy Winehouse does Camden.

Five Andy Warhol style pictures of Amy Winehouse in Camden.

Painting of Amy Winehouse on the wall of the Koko venue in London.

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · Sep 12

😢 Sorry to see that Lord (Alan) Howarth of Newport has died.

✅ I worked with him on a lot of issues when I worked at Historic England inc:

⛪️ places of worship
⛵️ Marine and Coastal Access Bill

😊 He was a true friend of heritage and may he RIP.

www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...

Lord Howarth of Newport, Tory minister who switched to Labour thinking his party had ‘given up on fairness’

Howarth joined Willie Whitelaw in the Tory party chairman’s office and became a key part of the team that took Mrs Thatcher to power in 1979

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · Sep 5

😊 It's been a total honour and pleasure to be involved in the #InvestInSLT campaign these last 18 months.

🏆 It's one of the best things I've worked on at the RCSLT - and indeed anywhere and everywhere.

🙏🏻 Massive thanks to everyone who's been involved.

💪🏻 Let's keep up the great work!

Screenshot of a tweet by Mikey Akers on 5 September 2025 marking 18 months since the tabling of the #InvestInSLT petition.

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