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NEWS

May 2026

Help shape the future of RCSLT: The RCSLT are in the process of developing a new strategic plan, which will set out our priorities for the development of the profession over the next 3 years. As members, this is your strategy and it is important that you are part of deciding what we stand for, where we go next and what is important for the future of Speech and Language Therapy. Please help us by completing this short survey (which should take 5-10 minutes) to tell us what you think our areas of strategic focus might be for 2027-30.

ROOT drop in: Join us on Wednesday 13 May 1-2pm on Teams for our monthly ROOT drop-in. Wherever you are in your ROOT journey, come along with your questions and meet the team.

About the RCSLT Online Outcome Tool (ROOT)

The ROOT supports speech and language therapists (SLTs) with collecting and collating Therapy Outcome Measures (TOMs) (Enderby and John, 2015; 2019) and generating reports. The reports generated by the ROOT can be used by SLTs to inform clinical decision-making, drive quality improvement and demonstrate the impact of speech and language therapy. More information is provided below, or you can contact root@rcslt.org.

Therapy Outcome Measures for Rehabilitation Professionals

Pamela Enderby and Alexandra John

The Therapy Outcome Measure (TOM) allows professionals from many disciplines working in health, social care and education to describe the relative abilities and difficulties of a patient/client in the four domains of impairment, activity, participation and wellbeing in order to monitor changes over time. TOM has been rigorously tested for reliability and clinical validity. It is quick and simple to use, taking just a few minutes to complete, and is used for treatment planning, clinical management, audit and research. It allows for the aggregations of data so that comparisons can be made for the purposes of internal and external benchmarking.