Swallowing and Nutrition: Navigating Risk, Complexity and Ethical Dilemmas

14 Oct 2025 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Tuesday 14 October 2025

This comprehensive course focuses on complex ethical and risk management issues when working with people with swallowing impairments and/or difficulties achieving adequate nutrition and hydration

The course has a strong focus on multi-disciplinary team (MDT) management, and is suitable for all members of the MDT, especially speech and language therapists, dietitians, psychologists, doctors, occupational therapists and nurses.

The course will cover the following key areas

  • Assessing capacity and best interest decisions
  • Advanced decision making
  • The law and legislation relevant to this clinical field
  • Managing conflict and disagreements
  • Risk feeding vs enteral tube feeding
  • Ethical considerations in complex cases

Speakers will be experienced specialist clinicians from the MDT at the RHN and case studies will be used.

Lead facilitator

Erin Probert, Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist, RHN

Cost: £180

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Provisional Programme

For more information please call 020 8780 4500 ext 5141 or email [email protected].