Peter Just
@peterdjust.bsky.social
Views here my own.
Work: external affairs & influencing at the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Research: @expremiers.bsky.social
Work: external affairs & influencing at the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Research: @expremiers.bsky.social
🤭 In which Rocco masters the Monday morning look.
September 28, 2026 at 7:38 AM
🤭 In which Rocco masters the Monday morning look.
❤️ When you've not seen each other for a month.
September 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
❤️ When you've not seen each other for a month.
Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven (Audio)
YouTube video by Dolly Parton
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August 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM
❤️ Rocco in the morning.
August 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
❤️ Rocco in the morning.
😷 A memory from some years ago. If only I could remember which.
July 29, 2026 at 5:51 PM
😷 A memory from some years ago. If only I could remember which.
🚨 Great to be reminded of Andy Burnham's speech to @mikeys-wish.bsky.social Family Day in June 2024, which the RCSLT was proud to attend - and to hear him speak about the importance of speech and language therapy.
😊 We look forward to working with him on it!
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😊 We look forward to working with him on it!
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Andy Burnham speech June 2024
YouTube video by RCSLT Official
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July 28, 2026 at 7:12 AM
🚨 Great to be reminded of Andy Burnham's speech to @mikeys-wish.bsky.social Family Day in June 2024, which the RCSLT was proud to attend - and to hear him speak about the importance of speech and language therapy.
😊 We look forward to working with him on it!
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😊 We look forward to working with him on it!
www.youtube.com/watch?reload...
🗣️ 'I'll just have to become known as the whispering MP.'
📻 Check out this interview with Anna Sabine about losing her voice after surgery.
😊 Great for the RCSLT to hear Nick Robinson say of speech & language therapists, 'These people are saints'.
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📻 Check out this interview with Anna Sabine about losing her voice after surgery.
😊 Great for the RCSLT to hear Nick Robinson say of speech & language therapists, 'These people are saints'.
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Somerset MP Anna Sabine loses voice after surgery
Anna Sabine was having a lump removed from her thyroid when a nerve to one of her vocal cords was cut.
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July 15, 2026 at 6:53 AM
🗣️ 'I'll just have to become known as the whispering MP.'
📻 Check out this interview with Anna Sabine about losing her voice after surgery.
😊 Great for the RCSLT to hear Nick Robinson say of speech & language therapists, 'These people are saints'.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
📻 Check out this interview with Anna Sabine about losing her voice after surgery.
😊 Great for the RCSLT to hear Nick Robinson say of speech & language therapists, 'These people are saints'.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
🚨 RCSLT responds to the Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework.
🔗 Check out what we welcome and what more we think needs to be done so people are better supported:
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🔗 Check out what we welcome and what more we think needs to be done so people are better supported:
www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
July 14, 2026 at 6:15 AM
🚨 RCSLT responds to the Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework.
🔗 Check out what we welcome and what more we think needs to be done so people are better supported:
www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🔗 Check out what we welcome and what more we think needs to be done so people are better supported:
www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
📢 Great to see RCSLT quoted in this article on the Govt saying how many speech and language therapists are working in council services.
🚨 Improved national data collection on the number of speech and language therapists working across all sectors, settings, and employers is required.
🚨 Improved national data collection on the number of speech and language therapists working across all sectors, settings, and employers is required.
The government doesn’t know how many speech and language therapists are working in council services ahead of the rollout of its new experts at hand service, a minister has admitted
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DfE in the dark over speech and language therapist supply
Schools minister admits they don't have data on how many of the critical workers are on hand
schoolsweek.co.uk
July 13, 2026 at 8:59 AM
📢 Great to see RCSLT quoted in this article on the Govt saying how many speech and language therapists are working in council services.
🚨 Improved national data collection on the number of speech and language therapists working across all sectors, settings, and employers is required.
🚨 Improved national data collection on the number of speech and language therapists working across all sectors, settings, and employers is required.
🧈 Example of 'butter wouldn't melt': Rocco.
July 8, 2026 at 6:51 PM
🧈 Example of 'butter wouldn't melt': Rocco.
📢 Calling all speech and language therapists.
📋 The APPG on Allied Health Professions has launched a call for evidence on #AHPs delivering neighbourhood health.
⏰Deadline for submissions: 1 September 2026.
www.csp.org.uk/documents/ap...
📋 The APPG on Allied Health Professions has launched a call for evidence on #AHPs delivering neighbourhood health.
⏰Deadline for submissions: 1 September 2026.
www.csp.org.uk/documents/ap...
APPG on Allied Health Professions call for evidence: neighbourhood health
www.csp.org.uk
July 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
📢 Calling all speech and language therapists.
📋 The APPG on Allied Health Professions has launched a call for evidence on #AHPs delivering neighbourhood health.
⏰Deadline for submissions: 1 September 2026.
www.csp.org.uk/documents/ap...
📋 The APPG on Allied Health Professions has launched a call for evidence on #AHPs delivering neighbourhood health.
⏰Deadline for submissions: 1 September 2026.
www.csp.org.uk/documents/ap...
🚨 Inclusive Parliament coalition statement.
✅ Some welcome things in the House Administration's response to Modernisation Committee.
❌ More to do if Parliament is to be inclusive of and accessible to signers and people with communication needs.
🔗 rcslt.org/news/inclusi...
✅ Some welcome things in the House Administration's response to Modernisation Committee.
❌ More to do if Parliament is to be inclusive of and accessible to signers and people with communication needs.
🔗 rcslt.org/news/inclusi...
July 6, 2026 at 6:34 AM
🚨 Inclusive Parliament coalition statement.
✅ Some welcome things in the House Administration's response to Modernisation Committee.
❌ More to do if Parliament is to be inclusive of and accessible to signers and people with communication needs.
🔗 rcslt.org/news/inclusi...
✅ Some welcome things in the House Administration's response to Modernisation Committee.
❌ More to do if Parliament is to be inclusive of and accessible to signers and people with communication needs.
🔗 rcslt.org/news/inclusi...
👜 The RCSLT Giving Voice tote bag is on the train to Leeds for the Giving Voice choir's summer celebration!
July 1, 2026 at 11:10 AM
👜 The RCSLT Giving Voice tote bag is on the train to Leeds for the Giving Voice choir's summer celebration!
🚨 Last week, the the Department for Education published guidance on inclusion bases.
✅ The RCSLT is pleased it recognises the importance of health professionals, providers, and commissioners being involved from an early stage.
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✅ The RCSLT is pleased it recognises the importance of health professionals, providers, and commissioners being involved from an early stage.
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June 30, 2026 at 6:29 AM
🚨 Last week, the the Department for Education published guidance on inclusion bases.
✅ The RCSLT is pleased it recognises the importance of health professionals, providers, and commissioners being involved from an early stage.
🔗 www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
✅ The RCSLT is pleased it recognises the importance of health professionals, providers, and commissioners being involved from an early stage.
🔗 www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
🪨 #RockingAphasia comes to All Saints' Church in Hessle.
🤦🏻♂️Must remember to check next year: is the place clearer than the hashtag?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwareness #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
🤦🏻♂️Must remember to check next year: is the place clearer than the hashtag?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwareness #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
June 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM
🪨 #RockingAphasia comes to All Saints' Church in Hessle.
🤦🏻♂️Must remember to check next year: is the place clearer than the hashtag?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwareness #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
🤦🏻♂️Must remember to check next year: is the place clearer than the hashtag?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwareness #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
📢 Calling everyone interested in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
📋 Have you seen this new report from @nationalfasd.bsky.social on 'The Cost of Inaction on FASD'?
nationalfasd.org.uk/the-cost-of-...
📋 Have you seen this new report from @nationalfasd.bsky.social on 'The Cost of Inaction on FASD'?
nationalfasd.org.uk/the-cost-of-...
The Cost of Inaction on FASD - National FASD
A Critical Gap in Current Reforms – and a credible UK-wide plan to fill it. Released June 2026.
nationalfasd.org.uk
June 26, 2026 at 6:28 AM
📢 Calling everyone interested in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
📋 Have you seen this new report from @nationalfasd.bsky.social on 'The Cost of Inaction on FASD'?
nationalfasd.org.uk/the-cost-of-...
📋 Have you seen this new report from @nationalfasd.bsky.social on 'The Cost of Inaction on FASD'?
nationalfasd.org.uk/the-cost-of-...
🚨 #RockingAphasia update!
😊 I was pleased to leave my first two stones yesterday.
🪨 One at the Edgar Wilson Model Village in Vauxhall Park in London.
🪨 One at King's Cross station.
🫵🏻 Are you taking part this year?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwareness #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
😊 I was pleased to leave my first two stones yesterday.
🪨 One at the Edgar Wilson Model Village in Vauxhall Park in London.
🪨 One at King's Cross station.
🫵🏻 Are you taking part this year?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwareness #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
June 25, 2026 at 6:07 AM
🚨 #RockingAphasia update!
😊 I was pleased to leave my first two stones yesterday.
🪨 One at the Edgar Wilson Model Village in Vauxhall Park in London.
🪨 One at King's Cross station.
🫵🏻 Are you taking part this year?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwareness #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
😊 I was pleased to leave my first two stones yesterday.
🪨 One at the Edgar Wilson Model Village in Vauxhall Park in London.
🪨 One at King's Cross station.
🫵🏻 Are you taking part this year?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwareness #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
❤️ In which Rocco shows off his side eye.
June 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
❤️ In which Rocco shows off his side eye.
🪨 #RockingAphasia prepping at the RCSLT!
🎨 Alas, of all the things I inherited from my Father, his artistic streak was not one of them.
🫵🏻🫵🏾🫵🏿 Are you taking part this year?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
🎨 Alas, of all the things I inherited from my Father, his artistic streak was not one of them.
🫵🏻🫵🏾🫵🏿 Are you taking part this year?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
June 18, 2026 at 9:41 AM
🪨 #RockingAphasia prepping at the RCSLT!
🎨 Alas, of all the things I inherited from my Father, his artistic streak was not one of them.
🫵🏻🫵🏾🫵🏿 Are you taking part this year?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
🎨 Alas, of all the things I inherited from my Father, his artistic streak was not one of them.
🫵🏻🫵🏾🫵🏿 Are you taking part this year?
#Aphasia #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
🚨 Today, the House of Lords is debating tackling child poverty.
📋 Check out the RCSLT's evidence to the Education and Work and Pensions Select Committees' inquiry on the Child Poverty Strategy on how we think it can be strengthened.
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
📋 Check out the RCSLT's evidence to the Education and Work and Pensions Select Committees' inquiry on the Child Poverty Strategy on how we think it can be strengthened.
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
Written evidence - CPS0057
committees.parliament.uk
June 18, 2026 at 6:29 AM
🚨 Today, the House of Lords is debating tackling child poverty.
📋 Check out the RCSLT's evidence to the Education and Work and Pensions Select Committees' inquiry on the Child Poverty Strategy on how we think it can be strengthened.
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
📋 Check out the RCSLT's evidence to the Education and Work and Pensions Select Committees' inquiry on the Child Poverty Strategy on how we think it can be strengthened.
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
😊 Fantastic to see that Mikey was awarded an MBE in The King's Birthday Honours.
🎉Huge congratulations from all of us at the RCSLT, Mikey.
🙏🏻🙏🏾🙏🏿 Thanks for all you do, including in support of our policy and influencing work.
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🎉Huge congratulations from all of us at the RCSLT, Mikey.
🙏🏻🙏🏾🙏🏿 Thanks for all you do, including in support of our policy and influencing work.
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We are incredibly proud to announce that our founder, Mikey Akers, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to Special Educational Needs.
June 15, 2026 at 6:56 AM
😊 Fantastic to see that Mikey was awarded an MBE in The King's Birthday Honours.
🎉Huge congratulations from all of us at the RCSLT, Mikey.
🙏🏻🙏🏾🙏🏿 Thanks for all you do, including in support of our policy and influencing work.
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🎉Huge congratulations from all of us at the RCSLT, Mikey.
🙏🏻🙏🏾🙏🏿 Thanks for all you do, including in support of our policy and influencing work.
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🚨 Yesterday, the House of Lords debated the 'New Autism Strategy (Autism Act 2009 Committee Report)'.
😊 There were various references to speech and language therapy, and to communication.
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hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...
😊 There were various references to speech and language therapy, and to communication.
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hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...
New Autism Strategy (Autism Act 2009 Committee Report) - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'New Autism Strategy (Autism Act 2009 Committee Report)' on Wednesday 10 June 2026.
hansard.parliament.uk
June 11, 2026 at 6:41 AM
🚨 Yesterday, the House of Lords debated the 'New Autism Strategy (Autism Act 2009 Committee Report)'.
😊 There were various references to speech and language therapy, and to communication.
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hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...
😊 There were various references to speech and language therapy, and to communication.
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hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...
🚨 Today, the House of Lords is debating the Autism Act 2009 Committee's 'Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy' report.
🔗 Check out what the RCSLT welcomes about the report and what more we think the Government and Parliament need to do.
www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-w...
🔗 Check out what the RCSLT welcomes about the report and what more we think the Government and Parliament need to do.
www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-w...
RCSLT welcomes House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee report | RCSLT
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June 10, 2026 at 12:23 PM
🚨 Today, the House of Lords is debating the Autism Act 2009 Committee's 'Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy' report.
🔗 Check out what the RCSLT welcomes about the report and what more we think the Government and Parliament need to do.
www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-w...
🔗 Check out what the RCSLT welcomes about the report and what more we think the Government and Parliament need to do.
www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-w...
🚨 Last week, the Department for Education published new guidance on the Experts at Hand offer and announced the membership of the Expert Panel.
📋 Check out the RCSLT's response, including our delight that the Expert Panel includes two speech and language therapists.
📋 Check out the RCSLT's response, including our delight that the Expert Panel includes two speech and language therapists.
June 8, 2026 at 6:23 AM
🚨 Last week, the Department for Education published new guidance on the Experts at Hand offer and announced the membership of the Expert Panel.
📋 Check out the RCSLT's response, including our delight that the Expert Panel includes two speech and language therapists.
📋 Check out the RCSLT's response, including our delight that the Expert Panel includes two speech and language therapists.