@leilapaxton

Lead SLT for inpatients at Clayponds Hospital, ECP. AHP Leadership Fellow, West London NHS Trust. All views my own

Joined January 2013
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It's Swallowing Awareness Day and our Speech and Language Therapists have been supporting patients with ventilated tracheostomies to develop a safe swallow. Well done to Iris-Jean (9months) and Maleehah (12) who have made fantastic progress! #mysltday #swallowaware2025
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HCPC
@The_HCPC19 Mar 2025
Today is #SwallowAwarenessDay2025. We're raising awareness of dysphagia, which means difficulties with eating, drinking or swallowing. Dysphagia can be life-threatening. #HCPCregistered speech and language therapists provide help in many ways. A great resource from @rcslt 👏
Graphic showing a head and neck, with a pink star over the throat. The Swallowing Awareness Day logo is in the bottom right and RCSLT logo in the bottom right. There is text overlayed on the head which details how speech and language therapists help people with dysphagia, and a dark blue background.

ALT Graphic showing a head and neck, with a pink star over the throat. The Swallowing Awareness Day logo is in the bottom right and RCSLT logo in the bottom right. There is text overlayed on the head which details how speech and language therapists help people with dysphagia, and a dark blue background.

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RCSLT 💙@RCSLT19 Mar 2025
Swallowing Awareness Day highlights how speech and language therapists assist individuals with eating and swallowing challenges (#dysphagia). Eating, drinking & swallowing is usually effortless, but can present difficulties for some people #swallowaware2025 #dysphagia #slpeeps
1. Infographic illustrating the impact of eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties on various age groups and demographics. 2. Visual representation showing how eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties affect individuals across different life stages. 3. Chart depicting the effects of eating, drinking, and swallowing challenges on children, adults, and the elderly.

ALT 1. Infographic illustrating the impact of eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties on various age groups and demographics. 2. Visual representation showing how eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties affect individuals across different life stages. 3. Chart depicting the effects of eating, drinking, and swallowing challenges on children, adults, and the elderly.

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SLT at Clayponds Hospital celebrated #swallowaware2025🎉, with staff at CPH visiting our stand and joining in with quizzes, trying thickener shots and having a browse of the leaflets and information available! @EalingPartners @RCSLT
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Collaborative thoughts for authentic AHP leadership development in practice from me & @helenlycett @TheVenusMadden @leilapaxton & Tania Kumaresan. Maybe of interest @SuzanneRastrick @BeverleyHarden @jstjohnmatthews @tolanAHP 👀 bmjleader.bmj.com/content/ea…
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Channel 4
@Channel48 Aug 2024
A message from Channel 4.
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Today I am halfway through the leadership placement at @RCSLT! And what a brilliant week it has been - 280 characters is not enough to summarise!! Grateful for the opportunities to work with individuals who are passionate about and help to evolve our brilliant profession! 💙
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Adam Kay
@amateuradam6 Jun 2024
OMG
Kate@twitkat6 Jun 2024
Replying to @amateuradam
@amateuradam This Is Going To Hurt was Source A on this morning’s English Language GCSE paper!
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Replying to @ECP_AdultSLT @RCSLT @westlondonnhs @EalingPartners @toria_speechie @UCL_MScSLS @CityUniLondon
#mysltday
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RCSLT 💙@RCSLT13 Mar 2024
Have you heard of the medical term #Dysphagia? It’s when people have difficulties eating, drinking & swallowing food & liquids. Today, help us to mark Swallowing Awareness Day by sharing this post using #SwallowAware2024 & #NHWeek. Find out more: bit.ly/3wBHHu7@NHWeek
The Swallowing Awareness Day logo appears in white, red and light blue writing on the bottom left on a dark blue background. The RCSLT logo appears in light blue and white writing next to it. An orange-coloured outline of a face and neck with a squiggle appears on the right to represent someone with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.

ALT The Swallowing Awareness Day logo appears in white, red and light blue writing on the bottom left on a dark blue background. The RCSLT logo appears in light blue and white writing next to it. An orange-coloured outline of a face and neck with a squiggle appears on the right to represent someone with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.

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RCSLT 💙@RCSLT10 Feb 2024
There are now 3 universities offering SLT apprenticeship courses with more coming rcslt.org/speech-and-languag…

Speech and language therapy apprenticeships | RCSLT

Find out about speech and language therapy apprenticeships, including key features and benefits of apprenticeships and funding information.

rcslt.org
NHS England Workforce, Training and Education@NHSE_WTE9 Feb 2024
Apprenticeships widen opportunities for people from all backgrounds and in underserved geographical areas to join the NHS workforce, making the NHS a more inclusive place to work. Find out more about the benefits of apprentices orlo.uk/R7FKn #NAW2024 #NHSLTWP
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Recruitment alert! Take a look at our Band 7 Neuro SLT post working in the Ealing SLT Community team. A great new year opportunity to join our supportive team, where you can embed your clinical skills, develop leadership and quality improvement! jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadv…
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Rachel, SLTA has put together an information board for our patients/families/staff about the Stroke/neuro unit at Clayponds Hospital 👏 To find out more about what the unit offers, please visit: westlondon.nhs.uk/our-servic… @westlondonnhs @CNWLNHS
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Sarah Cooke@sarahcolfer8 Nov 2023
So much more! #Equality #Diversity #inclusion #accessibility – at Billesdon, England
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Replying to @TheVenusMadden
Quite right @TheVenusMadden Brilliant Innovation from @helenlycett These fellowships provide #AHP growth and development consistent with @NHSEngland guidance england.nhs.uk/wp-content/up… Evidence in prep for wider publication coming soon 🤞
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Super friendly team, lots of opportunities to grow your skills & if you are an SLT keen on Neuro 🧠🗣️ & working in the community, this is the post for you! @RCSLT @toria_speechie @NicolaB_Ealing @em_gaseee
Ealing Community Partners Adult SLT@ECP_AdultSLT27 Sep 2023
L👀king to step into a Band 7 SLT role in our Community SLT team in Ealing? Click on the link to apply: jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadv… Get in touch to find out more about the role! 🗣️
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Awesome West London NHS Trust Adult & ECP Children’s services 🙌🎶 @ECP_AdultSLT
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RCSLT 💙@RCSLT6 Jul 2023
The #SLT profession has always been at the heart of the NHS, diversifying the role to meet the demands of an ever-evolving system, and supporting people across multiple clinical areas with swallowing and communication needs. #NHSbirthday #NHS75 @RCSLTWales @rcsltscot @RCSLTNI
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RCSLT 💙@RCSLT4 Jul 2023
It’s hard to imagine the NHS without the speech and language therapists who may work in hospitals, schools, nursing homes or community teams and could be experts on mental health, autism, dysphagia and communication difficulties. #NHS75 #NHSbirthday #slt @WeAHPs @WeSpeechies
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