Safeguarding Speech And Language Therapy

EDM number 2296 in 2010-12, proposed by Jim Cunningham on 20/10/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Health services.

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.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.