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Speech and Language Therapy

This service is provided by Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.

About us

Our speech and language therapy service is provided by Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust. We cover Derby City and Derbyshire County for Adults. We cover Derby City and the southern half of Derbyshire County for Children.

Our therapists, practitioners, assistants and admin support workers work together to deliver high quality services for adults and children who have:

Speech, language and communication difficulties
Eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)

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Public Patient Involvement

Tell us what you think!

If you have anything you would like to tell us about our service, please let us know.

You can write, email or phone us. Please see the General Contact Info box for details.

You can also leave feedback for this service via out Patient Experience form.

Get Involved!

You can also take part in our Service Users' Panel. We will email you for your views about any planned service changes or new patient information leaflets. Please email DCHST.sltheadoffice@nhs.net if you want to take part.

Adults Service

We support adults with speech, language, communication or swallowing difficulties in Derby City and Derbyshire. Please see links below for more details.

Covid 19

Covid19 is still present. Infection rates are rising again. We must keep patients and staff safe.
We must make sure that we can meet needs in a balanced way
Social distancing may affect our ability to deliver SLT directly. We have been doing some sessions by video and telephone. Where this works well, we will keep doing it.

We hope you find the information on our website useful. Our contact details are under the ‘Contact Us’ section.

About Us

Community Services - Visiting patients at home leaflet

Referral Information

Adult Community Referral Form

Adult Care Home Referral Form

Useful Links

Childrens Service

We support children with speech, language, communication or swallowing difficulties in Derby City and the southern half of Derbyshire. Please see links below for more details.

Covid 19

Covid19 is still present. Infection rates are rising again. We must keep patients and staff safe.
We must make sure that we can meet needs in a balanced way
Social distancing may affect our ability to deliver SLT directly. We have been doing some sessions by video and telephone. Where this works well, we will keep doing it.
There is still a longer than usual wait for initial assessments in the children’s service, but we are working as quickly as possible to see children.

We hope you find the information on our website useful. Our contact details are under the ‘Contact Us’ section.

About Us

Children's Service Acceptance Criteria

Schools Referral Guidance

Referral Form

What happens at the first appointment?

What happens after a visit?

General Advice to Support Speech and Language

Concerns about Selective Mutism

Useful Links

Autism assessments:
Neuro-developmental pathway details