Children's Speech and Language Therapy

New referral process

From 1st July 2024 a new referral process is in place to access Locala's Speech and Language Therapy Service.

Please click on the menu buttons on this page to access the information sections for parents and carers, and for professionals - including our new referral criteria.

What do we do?

Our Locala Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) work with children aged 0-18 years who have communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties.

The information here is for anyone who lives with or supports a child or young person who needs help with their talking, understanding, social interaction, eating or drinking.

There are advice and information pages for parents and carers, as well as a section for professionals working with children and young people.

This includes:

Advice and resources to support parents, carers and professionals, as well as children and young people with speech, language, and communication needs
Advice and resources to support parents, carers and professionals as well as children and young people with drinking and eating difficulties
Information about the SHARE app, which the service is now using to support the referral process and support children and families waiting for an initial assessment. Please see the information on the SHARE app page.
Information to support professionals needing to make a referral for children/young people to the speech and language therapy service
Information to help parents and carers decide whether a referral is needed for their chilld/young person*

*Parents and carers now need to attend a drop-in session to make a referral to our service. Please see the information on the drop-in session page.

Get Involved with

At Locala Health and Wellbeing we are committed to our patients, and the wider community, is at the heart of all that we do. We want to hear what our patients and communities are saying, and involve you in how our community healthcare services are delivered. There are different ways you can get involved including:

Becoming a member - be better informed about Locala and our services, and receive invitations to complete surveys, attend events, be a mystery shopper, look at patient feedback and join in discussions - you can be involved as much, or as little, as you like.

Volunteering to work directly with our services - you can use your skills and experiences to support our services and benefit our patients.

Visit our 'Tell Us What You Think' - let us know what you think about the services you have used. We do listen and do make changes based on the feedback we get.

SHARE App