RCSLT Online Outcome Tool

Publications, resources and useful links

A more comprehensive list of publications, presentations and resources that have referenced the ROOT is available on this webpage. 

New fields for exploring health inequalities

In September 2024, we released new optional fields to support services with monitoring inequality and unwarranted variation. 

• Read about the experiences of SLTs who took part in the pilot in the article published in Bulletin Autumn 2024.

• We presented an update on this project at the RCSLT Conference in 2023. Watch the presentation or check out the slides (including a range of useful links)

Using the ROOT to demonstrate impact

• In 2024, we have been using ROOT data to help raise awareness of different areas of speech and language therapy. We've pulled all the social media posts together in a Wakelet. We've also created a quick guide for anyone interested in comparing their own service to the outcomes we found for developmental language disorder (DLD). 

• High-level findings from the ROOT were presented at a masterclass, hosted by the British Aphasiology Society entitled "Improving the quality of services for people with aphasia; practical implementation of TOMs and the ROOT"
  
  
• In summer 2023, the team presented three presentations at the 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP)

1. Improving the quality of service delivery using real-world data 
2. Variation in the provision of speech and language therapy to people with aphasia 
3. Equity of access for children to speech and language therapy in the UK 

• The RCSLT presented at the one-year anniversary of the AHP Research and Innovation Strategy about the ROOT as a source of real world data. Watch the presentation - The value of real-world data in research and evidence-based healthcare - on the CAHPR website. 

• Two journal articles have been published describing the development of the ROOT:
  
  
1. Moyse, K., Enderby P., Chadd, K., et al (2020) Outcome measurement in speech and language therapy: a digital journey. BMJ Health & Care Informatics 2020;27:e100085
2. Enderby, P. and K. Moyse (2018)  International classification of functioning - an approach to outcome measurement. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups 3(17): 99-108. 

• Research on the  Impact of Covid-19 on the speech and language therapy profession and their patients published in Frontiers in Neurology (2021) included use of ROOT data.  

Other resources and references 

• Look out for 'Research and Outcomes Forum' in the Bulletin. For previous issues, please see the RCSLT webpage: Bulletin archive.
  
  
• Catch up on some of the presentations and resources from our June 2022 event Owning outcomes: outcome measurement to deliver quality services.
  
  
• Read about a collaboration with Bristol Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit and STAMMA: Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of people who stammer. 

• View the presentation given by RCSLT at the 2022 ESLA Congress on ‘The value of evaluation in advancing speech and language therapy practice after the pandemic'. 

• Tune in to a RCSLT podcast, in which Vicky Styles and Catherine Hale talk about the use of the ROOT in AAC services

• RCSLT Outcome measurement pages: Including more information about the RCSLT Outcomes Programme and ROOT, and our guidance on measuring outcomes outside individualised care

• RCSLT Local Influencing Guidance: support and resources to assist with influencing local decision makers