The RCSLT warns that the consequences on children’s mental health, educational attainment, social skills and family life are ‘grave’ and is calling on the Government to act now to secure their futures. It wants speech and language to be put at the heart of educational recovery plans.
The report, Building back better: Speech and language therapy services after Covid-19, shares people’s experiences of accessing speech and language therapy during the first lockdown between March and June 2020.
Of the survey respondents who said they had not received any speech and language therapy during that time:
A majority (79 per cent) of respondents were also worried about getting speech and language therapy help in the future.
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