Airedale NHS Speech and Language Therapy (0-19 years)

Our advice /triage service aims to give a telephone appointment within 6 weeks . We aim to begin assessment of all accepted referrals within 18 weeks

Appointments may be by telephone , virtual ( by video) or at one our main site at Keighley health centre, Bingley Canalside, Ilkley Coronation , Airedale Hospital or Skipton General Hospital . A small number of children may be seen at home . Follow up visits in the school or nursery setting may take place to observe, discuss with staff, model strategies and interventions , depending on the clinical pathway they are following

All our pathways are designed as episodes of care . That means that the child will follow a pathway that has an end point when the current piece of work/ intervention is complete, advice is in place . We try to use the term "episode closed" rather than discharge as we recognise many children will need to reaccess our service . We will let you know when we think that may need to be considered - e.g. at transition times

If SALT ( Speech and Language Therapy) is part of the educational provision outlined in the childs EHCP , and we are able to , then we may be the provider of this , but some schools will commission their own speech and language therapist to deliver an enhanced level of input. We will inform the school and the local authority if we are unable to deliver the therapy described . For some children the provision will be the same as the standard health pathways, for other sit will be different, and episodes may be continuous on an annual cycle

we'll be updating our website with lots more information soon , but please feel free to contact us on 01535 292821