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Last week it was announced by Bruce Willis’s family that he would be retiring from his Hollywood acting career following a diagnosis of aphasia, which is affecting his cognitive abilities.News item can be viewed here. Following the announcement, ‘The Bill’ star Chris Ellison’s wife also shared that he has lost the ability to speak since […]

16th Mar

Swallowing Awareness Day 2022

Swallowing Awareness Day aims to raise awareness of the impact of living with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, and shines a light on how speech and language therapists (SLTs) can help. What is dysphagia? Dysphagia is the medical term for swallowing problems. People with dysphagia may have difficulties swallowing certain foods and/or liquids and in […]

20th Oct

Mental Capacity Clinical Excellence Network

On Thursday 20th October 2021 from 5:30pm, our Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Jo Holder and our Transition of Care Lead, Jennie Foster will deliver a short presentation to the Mental Capacity Clinical Excellence Network about the capacity training they have developed in house at STEPS Rehabilitation and share their learning from it. The webinar […]

17th Jun

The role of a Speech and Language Therapist at STEPS Rehabilitation.

As part of Aphasia Awareness Month, in this Q&A article, our Lead Speech and Language Therapist Joanne Holder, explores the importance of speech and language therapy as part of a rehabilitation programme and her role at STEPS. What is Aphasia? Aphasia is when a person has difficulty with their language. It is usually caused by […]

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