SAFEGUARDING SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY

Motion Text

That this House welcomes the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists' Giving Voice campaign to safeguard speech and language therapy services; recognises that speech and language therapy transforms lives and enables people to participate in society; notes that speech and language therapy plays a vital role in health, education, social care and criminal justice; further notes that a leading economic consultancy report found that speech and language therapy delivers a net benefit to the UK economy of 765 million; further notes with concern that the restructuring of the NHS has already resulted in a worrying reduction of clinical leadership posts; further notes that there are potential job losses in Coventry and across the UK; believes that the structuring of services across health, education and social care make them more vulnerable to cuts; and calls on the Government to safeguard access to speech and language therapy services for those who need it in Coventry and across the UK.