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Ros Fraser

@sltros.bsky.social
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Lothian Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Lead for Older Peoples Services. Home First and Frailty rapid response service. Chair of RCSLT Acute Care At Home CEN. Lover of music, gardening and reading. Often found watching tennis, football, snooker.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The only person who is responsible for sexual assault is the person who committed it.
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Ros Fraser @sltros.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The BBC cancelling Winterwatch is such a shame, especially when we need to be connecting with nature more than ever. If we want people to protect our wildlife, we have to show them it! Add your name to ask the BBC to reconsider. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Tell the BBC: Save Winterwatch!
The UK is losing its wildlife, and shows like Winterwatch are vital for connecting us to nature. The BBC's decision to cancel it makes no sense. Let's ask them to rethink this! Add your name here:
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Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
When Kate Granger was dying, ten years ago, lots of her friends made videos to send to her to with our love & good wishes. This is mine. A few weeks later, I visited her at home, near Leeds, for the last time. Her legacy is the “Hello My Name Is” campaign. #HelloMyNameIs youtu.be/QDGQIykbyP0?...
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For Kate....
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J & R Press @jandrpress.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Very timely and topical new book of ours about to go to the printer #Alzheimers #SLT
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Key messages - Frailty. Frailty is not inevitable, and must be understood at every level of society. buff.ly/OC9HJWh
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 09/06/2026
Your phone rings. It is the nursing home where someone you love is dying of Alzheimer’s, and they are asking for your consent to give her a drug in order to make her hungry. Would you consent? Would you make her hungry? www.patreon.com/posts/160583...
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Would You Make Her Hungry? | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Would You Make Her Hungry? by Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland on Patreon. Join Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland's community for exclusive content and updates.
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Thank you to everyone who shared their story with us for #ChooseGeriatrics Week. Catch up on all the blogs here: buff.ly/DxDwmzr
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
"If you are looking for a career that is both clinically stimulating and deeply human, geriatrics is a path well worth exploring." Lisa Henderson shares how attending older people as a paramedic led to her to specialising in frailty care: buff.ly/4DGp7VL #ChooseGeriatrics
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"There is a seat at the table for dietitians here. If you want a career where you can innovate and truly improve quality of life, #ChooseGeriatrics." Dietitian Kate Taylor shares the importance of dietitians in older people's healthcare:
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Claire Clark is a Speech and Language Therapist. She works in a small, single-discipline team which supports older people with living with advanced frailty at home and in care settings. Read about her work in Aberdeen: buff.ly/ST1IJ5x #ChooseGeriatrics
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This week, we are celebrating our second-ever #ChooseGeriatrics week! Stay tuned for great stories from people across the MDT who work in older people's healthcare. Use code CHOOSEGERI this week only for 10% off a new membership. Join now: buff.ly/0wVYeCO
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We want you to join in with #ChooseGeriatrics week. That’s why anyone who posts a picture or video of themselves or their team, along with a quick story about choosing to work in older people’s healthcare, while tagging us, will be entered into a prize draw to win 30% off a year’s membership!
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Thanks James. Non-paywalled version below. Meanwhile I’ll get onto Slate - the original version used to be free
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NHS Lothian Charity @nhslothcharity.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Today, we are giving thanks and want to celebrate the amazing nurses throughout NHS Lothian. Thank you to them in all of the work and support they do 💜 #InternationalNursesDay
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New Key messages - Frailty. Frailty must be understood at every level of society, and is not an inevitable part of ageing. buff.ly/q5jOm1w
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Georgina Kent @georginadoodles.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Here's my website :) www.georginadoodles.com
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Georgina Doodles | Welsh wildlife watercolour artist & printmaker
Georgina is a South Wales based multi-disciplined artist. Here you’ll find lino prints, watercolour prints and original artwork.
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Georgina Kent @georginadoodles.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This is the quietest month I've had, possibly ever. I have a favour to ask, if you like my work, could you please give it a share to help it get in front of more people? Thank you :) #watercolours #birdart 🪶
A mockup of 4 watercolour art prints, one is a male cardinal, one a female cardinal, one a carolina wren and the other an eastern bluebird
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Jane Masoli @janemasoli.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
1 in 7 ED admissions are older people: 40% are frail. European study data, including Exeter data. Patient reported outcomes worsen with CFS in frailty. James van O advocating for better geriatrics knowledge exchange to support emergency care and person-centred decision making. @gerisoc.bsky.social
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Sarah Buckley Therapies @sbspeechtherapy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Kickstart your career as an SLT: free workshop for final-year students! SBT would like to invite final-year SLT students to our free online workshop on 15 May – Your First Year as an SLT
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Kickstart your career as an SLT: free workshop for final-year students!
SBT would like to invite final-year SLT students to our free online workshop on 15 May -Your First Year as an SLT
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
We have updated our End of Life Care Key Messages. Click the link to read the full article. BGS key messages have been developed to provide members and multidisciplinary colleagues with topline information about specific issues relating to older people's healthcare. buff.ly/1gVbtbh
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Emily SLT @emilydvslt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🌟Part 2 of my MRes study is live! Participants wanted! Further details below 🌟
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Prof. Elaine Hunter @elaineahp.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Join us for our webinar: Connecting You to Support: Allied Health Professions. Who are they and how can they help you?" on 22nd April 2026, 3:30 -4:30pm, an interactive session to learn about the self-management resources. Follow the link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/325ca2...
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Dr Kathryn Mannix @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
As guest editor of an EoL & palliative care special edition of @futurehealthj.bsky.social from @rcphysicians.bsky.social, it was important to me that a patient voice was given space. Mark has #MND (ALS). He wrote his entire article using eye-gaze technology. Read on ⬇️
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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
💥 NEWS FLASH: #InvestInSLT campaign update! 🚨 RCSLT & @mikeys-wish.bsky.social are delighted to announce new supporters for the Downing Street letter. ▶️ Advisory group members Robin Hurtley and Dr @samburrslt.bsky.social ▶️ Chris Kamara, and Symbol UK 📰 More info here: rcslt.org/news/invest-...
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Invest in SLT campaign letter delivered to Downing Street | RCSLT
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Integrated Systems: Practical resources for age-attuned care is a collection of materials to support those keen to implement frailty and age-attuned services. Top tips, template job descriptions, video conversations, blog posts and more. buff.ly/O1M3E03
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Dr Kathryn Mannix @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Remember: fear sits in the dark hole of 'not knowing.' The more we understand, the less there is to fear. To watch, type bit.ly/DyingTED into your browser. Let me know whether it brings you any new insights.
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What happens as we die?
Have we lost the practical wisdom of what happens as people die? With lessons from a career witnessing thousands of people's final breaths, palliative care expert Kathryn Mannix urges us to demystify the experience of death, sharing how a better understanding of what actually happens can reduce fear in the final days, for you and your loved ones.
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ClaireClarkSLT @claireclarkslt.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Delighted to see this call to action in the BGS magazine. As Speech and Language Therapists we assessing people's mouths every day and constantly advocate for better mouth care at home, in care and in hospital. Great to see this vital and often neglected part of health care getting more coverage
Photograph of the first page of an article entitled Improving moth care standards in hospitals a call to action A photograph of the cover of issue 100 of Agenda the magazine of the British Geriatrics Society
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British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
End of Life Care in Frailty - This guidance has been produced to support clinicians and others in providing high-quality care for older people living with frailty as they move towards the end of their lives.  Read the full guidance here: buff.ly/8AfKHIG
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NHS Lothian Charity @nhslothcharity.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Nature isn’t always accessible for patients recovering , so the RIE Speech & Language Therapy Team brought it indoors. Working with Lou, our Nature Ranger, they co‑designed nature boxes filled with real natural materials to support speech, sensory engagement & confidence. ow.ly/yK9T50YyM1p
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Mikey’s Wish Foundation @mikeys-wish.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
A huge honour being chosen from the #InvestInSLT team to knock on the door of No. 10 and hand in the coordinated @RCSLT and Mikey’s Wish Foundation letter, calling on Sir Keir Starmer to ensure the action plan for speech and language is finally published.
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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
💥BREAKING NEWS 📢 Over 50 organisations join the #InvestInSLT campaign call for the Government to publish the long-promised Speech and Language Therapy Action Plan. 📨 Check out the @mikeys-wish.bsky.social and RCSLT co-ordinated letter to Keir Starmer here: www.rcslt.org/news/invest-...
A graphic with the Mikey's Wish Foundation and RCSLT's logos and the wording 'Invest in SLT Campaign writes to Prime Minister'.Six people stood outside 10 Downing Street in London. They are holding up cards reading 'Invest in SLT Campaign'.
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Sally Morgan @sallymorganslt.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
It’s Swallowing Awareness Day today. As every year I will be posting what I’m eating & reflecting on people who have difficulties eating, drinking & swallowing. #Dysphagia #SwallowAware2026
Infographic from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @nnuh.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Patients and visitors can speak to our Speech & Language Therapy and Dietetics team who are marking Swallow Awareness Day tomorrow. They'll be providing information about swallowing difficulties and you can take part in a quiz to win prizes, try thickened drinks and different food consistencies.
Swallow awareness day 18 March 9am-4pm East Atrium
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NHS Lothian Adult Speech and Language Therapy Service @sltlothianadult.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Today is #SwallowingAwarenessDay and it seems a fitting day to launch our Bluesky page!
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NHS Lothian Adult Speech and Language Therapy Service @sltlothianadult.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Once For Scotland Dysphagia Training is a FREE interactive online training for supporting people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, and aligns with the RCSLT Level 2 EDS competencies. Suitable for registered and non-registered staff. #SwallowingAwarenessDay
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Ros Fraser @sltros.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
It’s Swallow Awareness Day today
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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
While SLPs are aware of caregiver burden and implement meaningful support strategies, few explicitly ask caregivers about specific sources of burden or follow up to evaluate management strategies. Read more in Perspectives pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERS…
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Are We Making Assumptions? Speech-Language Pathologists' Approaches to Identifying and Managing Caregiver Burden
Purpose: While research recognizes the importance of caregiver support, limited evidence exists about how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) tra...
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Carol-Anne Murphy @carol-annemurphy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
See below: we’re recruiting someone to join our thriving research active team! Teaching focus phonetics-PhD qualified in SLT/P and/or in phonetics/linguistics. Please share with interested colleagues and/or dm me if interested :-)
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Just a Care Home Girl @justacarehomeg1.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
On #IWD2026 remember: nursing is still a female-dominated profession shaped by stigma & gendered assumptions. When nursing is framed as “caring” rather than skilled clinical practice, it becomes easier to justify lower pay. Look at the pay and tell me we’ve really moved on.
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Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The story of the Paper Boat was a blog I wrote back in 2018 for @gerisoc.bsky.social. It was an analogy that I found useful to explain to patients and families how difficult it can be to predict the future accurately. Now as I and my friends get older, I find myself sharing it once again. 🧵1/n
The story of the Paper Boat.

A British Geriatric Society blog from 2018. 
Let me know if you’d like the full text & I’ll send it to you.
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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
📢 'Good work and good communication go hand in hand.' 🚨 The RCSLT responds to the Govt's Health and Growth Accelerators announcement. 🗣️ It is essential that people with communication, cognitive, and voice needs can access speech and language therapy so they can stay in and return to work.
Quote from Steve Jamieson, the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, about the UK Government's Health and Growth Accelerators announcement in February 2026:

"We welcome the UK Government’s £25m investment in Health and Growth Accelerators to better link health and work support. If the NHS is to be accountable for employment outcomes, we must involve the right professionals. Speech and language therapists play a vital role in supporting people with communication, cognitive, and voice needs to stay in and return to work. Enabling support from and access to speech and language therapists to advise on workplace support is critical to ensuring people get tailored, expert support to meet their communication needs. Good work and good communication go hand in hand.”
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
How does he sleep at night?
Irish Independent: Man stole three coffee machines in a week from Monaghan department store.
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Helen Spicer-Cain @helensc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
City St George's are looking for paediatric SLTs to take part in 3 student research projects with ethical approval. Further details below in comments - please do consider taking part and/or sharing with others
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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This #OpenAccess article provides readers with a first-person account of the physical, emotional, and social burdens caused by iatrogenic dysphagia resulting from oncological treatment. on.asha.org/4tSGFD3 #bskySPEECHIES
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Dysphagia—A Gift With Purchase: A Head and Neck Cancer Survivor's Narrative of Swallowing Difficulties
Purpose: This article provides readers with a first-person account of the physical, emotional, and social burdens caused by iatrogenic dysphagia ...
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 23/02/2026
This is one of the most heart-breaking & important articles I have ever read - from someone whose voices are so rarely heard, a teenaged girl. If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous
Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see
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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🫵🏻🫵🏽🫵🏿 Do you have a spare 5 minutes? 📧 Then please use this e-action to invite your MP to an event at Parliament on Primary Progressive Aphasia in March being hosted by the RCSLT and @dyscoveraphasia.bsky.social. 😊 Thank you!
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Prof. Elaine Hunter @elaineahp.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
BLOG What does dementia rehabilitation mean to a speech and language therapist’? ‘it means ‘supporting people to engage within meaningful interactions & communicate thoughts & needs using verbal & non-verbal communication’ letstalkaboutdementia.wordpress.com/2026/02/19/w...
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What does dementia rehabilitation mean to us as Allied Health Professionals?
Part 2 – Communication and Re-connection by Mel, a speech and language therapist. Following on from our first blog series by AHPs in NHS Lothian about how AHPs can provide rehabilitation for people…
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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
📢 People with Primary Progressive Aphasia need your help! 📧 Please email your MP inviting them to an event at Parliament on 11 March on how speech and language therapy supports people with PPA. 🔗All you need is your postcode and 5 minutes: www.rcslt.org/news/invite-...
A RCSLT graphic reading 'Primary Progressive Aphasia parliamentary event Wednesday, 11 March 2026'.
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Ros Fraser @sltros.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The next UK Acute Care at Home/Frailty RCSLT CEN takes place on 31/3/26 1.30-3.30. Speakers confirmed:Denise Hilton and Ros Fraser. Topic- SLT role and key competencies for working in Frailty. Register for MS Teams invite at: sltacah@outlook.com
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Healthcare Improvement Scotland @healthimprovescot.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We recently launched our Scottish Approach to Change Learning Community. Our community aims to support change across health and social care in Scotland. We plan to help members build knowledge, understanding, and confidence when delivering change. Link is in the comments.
Graphic shows a group of people round a table and the words Scottish Approach to Change Learning Community
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