Children's SALT - St Mary's Hospital, Kettering

We support children who have speech, language and communication difficulties, helping them to achieve clear and fluent speech and understand spoken language. We can also help children who have difficulties eating, drinking and swallowing, working with parents, teachers, carers, learning support assistants and childcare workers and provide training sessions for them.

Type

Children's Therapy Services - Speech & Language Therapy Team

This is one of our main clinics for appointments with the Children's Speech & Language Therapy. Please click on the 'directions' tab for directions to this location. Most appointments are provided in one of our main clinic locations however we may also see your child at other locations such as GP surgeries, home, children’s centres, nurseries/school and hospitals.  

Visit our Children's Therapy Services - Speech & Language Therapy overview page for more information about the service.

Address

Sudborough House, St Mary's Hospital, London Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7PW

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Contacting us and opening hours

Sudborough House
St Mary's Hospital
London Road
Kettering
Northants, NN15 7PW

Telephone: 0300 027 3789

Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm

Car parking

There is 90 minute free onsite car parking at St Mary's Hospital. If you are going to be at St Mary's longer than 90 minutes please enter your registration details in the screen by the reception desks to extend your free parking time.

Please note this can be extremely limited at busy times. 

There is also a Pay and Display car park situated on London Road (next to the swimming pool) which is a 5 minute walk away from the hospital. Please not this car park is not operated by NHFT. 

You can find out about opening hours for the London Road car park and other car parks in Kettering on the North Northamptonshire website.

Smoking and vaping information

We know that quitting smoking reduces your chances of heart disease and lung cancer, as well as improving your sense of taste, making your skin look younger and reducing stress.

Please remember that smoking or vaping is not allowed anywhere on any NHFT sites for outpatients, visitors or staff.

For adult and older adult inpatients only, smoking or vaping is permitted in specially designated areas (ward gardens). If you are an inpatient, please speak to your ward matron about smoking and vaping options. Tobacco dependency advisors are available to support you to quit smoking or vaping, and we also offer nicotine replacement therapy.

All other service users, visitors and staff must go offsite if they wish to smoke or vape.

More information

What we strive for

As a service we strive for:

  • Timely and appropriate referrals to Speech and Language Therapy Service  
  • Improvement in parental awareness, knowledge and the home communication environment
  • Increased educational professional confidence in understanding, developing and supporting children’s speech, language and communication 
  • Improved outcomes for children with Speech and Language and Communication needs  
  • Successful collaborative working with families and  services for shared outcomes

As a service we do not offer:

  • Elocution
  • Teaching English  as an additional language
  • Developmentally normal speech sound errors

The service journey:

Step One: Speak with or meet a therapist: We meet the family and child in our clinic or via the telephone to talk about your greatest need at this time. We combine the parents’ thoughts and hopes, what is currently working well for the young person and our assessment information to work out what support package would be most beneficial at this moment in time.

Step Two: Develop some skills and strategies via a support package: We then work with you, for a series of sessions to offer strategies, advice and recommendations so that you feel confident to put these into practise during your everyday routines.

Step Three: What you’ll need to do outside of the sessions: For the best outcomes for your child or young person, we have to work as a team from the very start and you will have things you need to go away and do outside of the sessions. You are your child’s greatest support and we need to embed these strategies into everyday routines and interactions to make a positive change.

Step Four: Ending the support package / closing our episodes of care: At the end of the support package, you will have all the knowledge and skills you require to support your child’s needs, at the current time. This means that you do not need further input from us at that time and the episode of care will be closed. You and your child do need time to embed what you have learned and focus on these each and every day. If your child’s needs change and you feel another series of sessions may be beneficial, then a new support package can be discussed.

Community healthcare services - children and young people

  1. Children's services map
  2. Children's resources, tips and advice hub
  3. Children and young people mental health services
  4. CAMHS in the Community
  5. CAMHS Live
  6. CAMHS Inpatients
  7. Children’s 0-19 Services
  8. Children and Young People ADHD & ASD Service
  9. Children and Young People Community Eating Disorder Service
  10. Children’s CTPLD (Learning disabilities)
  11. Children’s Therapy Services - Speech & Language Therapy Team
  12. Children’s Therapy Services - Physiotherapy
  13. Children’s Therapy Services - Occupational Therapy
  14. Community Children’s Nursing
  15. Community Paediatrics
  16. Co-production and Participation
  17. Family Ambassador Service
  18. Health Youth Justice Service
  19. iDiscover
  20. Looked After Children
  21. Mental Health Support Teams
  22. Paediatric Psychology Service
  23. Referral Management Centre
  24. Specialist Dental Services - Children
  25. Special School Nursing Team