Adult Speech and Language Therapy

Adult Speech and Language Therapy is the assessment, treatment and management of acquired communication and swallowing disorders in adults over the age of 18. This is both in community settings (homes and care homes), clinics and in Livewell hospital wards.

For Speech and Language Therapy at Derriford hospital and wards covered by UHP, please click here.
For the Learning Disability team please click here.
For Children’s Speech and Language Therapy team please click here.

Who are we?

We are a small friendly team of therapists with our assistant and administrator, based at Mount Gould Hospital.

We work with people who have difficulty in areas such as:

Understanding what others are saying
Speech clarity or thinking of the right words to say
Reading and writing
Swallowing
Using pictures or devices to support communication

This can be by telephone, clinic appointments, home visits and group settings.

How to refer to Speech and Language Therapy

You can be referred by asking your GP, your consultant or by the multi-disciplinary team working with you.

Mission statement

We are here to listen and provide care that matters to you, by supporting your choice and helping you to adapt and thrive.
Our team is positive, compassionate and respectful towards each other and those we work with.
We provide assessment, therapy and education for swallowing and communication, using an effective and person-centred approach.
We aim to work in partnership with you and will provide you with tools and skills to build confidence and empower your independence.
We continually strive to develop and improve our service, in collaboration with our service users and colleagues

Vision

Our aim is that you will always feel respected and treated with empathy and kindness. We work collaboratively in a person centred and compassionate manner, enabling people to live well with their communication and swallowing.

What people say about us

Recent feedback received from patients:

“I am now more confident in meeting other people and getting out of the house. I am more positive”

“Thank you for all the help and support you’ve given me, and for giving me the confidence to speak and not hide my stammer”

“The Speech Therapists are lovely and very helpful!”