Speech and Language Therapy

The speech and language therapists at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust are specialists in communication disorders and work to improve the ability of people under their care to communicate. They also work to support people with swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties.

The adult service provides a wide range of services to different patients including:

  • Helping patients who have suffered a stroke with eating and swallowing and/or communication problems
  • Helping patients who have a range of neurological impairments and degenerative conditions including head injury, Parkinson’s Disease, MS, motor neurone disease and dementia
  • People with cancer of the head, neck and throat – including laryngectomy

The Speech and Language Therapy Service is based at Prince Philip House, Malabar Road, Leicester LE1 2NZ.

Phone:
0116 295 4692
Fax:
0116 295 4698
[email protected]

Adult Speech and Language Therapy is managed by our head of service, Lynn Carruthers, who can be contacted via Prince Philip House.

There are leadership teams for both our Acute Hospital and Community services, who can be contacted at each UHL hospital, or via Prince Philip House. We have a number of clinical leads and specialists in specific fields such as Neurology, Stroke, Voice and Dysfluency, Head and Neck Cancers, and Critical Care, and therapists who work across both acute and community services.

Speech and Language Therapists have specialist expertise in the management of dysphagia and acquired communication difficulties, including where there is altered anatomy, eg tracheostomy and laryngectomy.

There are many reasons why someone may acquire or develop communication and or swallowing difficulties. The speech and language therapy service supports people with communication and/or swallowing problems arising from conditions such as:

  • Stroke
  • Dementia
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Motor Neurone Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Head and Neck Cancers
  • Acquired Brain Injury
  • Huntington’s Disease

We also support people with

  • Voice disorders
  • Dysfluency (stammer)

Your consultant or doctor (GP) can refer you to the Speech and Language Therapy Service, which covers Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The service is part of Leicestershire Partnership Trust (LPT).

Outpatient referrals

Outpatient referrals should be sent or faxed to:

Adult SLT Service
Prince Philip House
Malabar Road
Leicester
LE1 2NZ

Phone:
0116 295 4692
Fax:
0116 295 4698

Inpatient referrals across Leicester’s Hospitals (UHL) is done via the electronic referral system (currently ICE). Adult Speech and Language Therapists work across many specialties in all three UHL hospitals, and see inpatients on many wards across the hospitals.

The UHL teams can be contacted as follows:

Leicester Royal Infirmary: 0116 258 5363

Glenfield Hospital: 0116 256 3597

Leicester General Hospital: 0116 258 4075

The following websites may be helpful: