Included: all patients who are considered to require speech and language therapy are included in this indicator.
| Excluded: patients who are considered to not require speech and language therapy are excluded from this indicator |
The number of minutes of speech and language therapy (SALT) received per team is given in Q 4.6.
The number of days on which SALT is received per team is given in Q 4.5.
Please note that SSNAP only records the total number of minutes of SALT per team (Q 4.6) and the total number of days on which SALT is received and does not take into account the number of therapy sessions or the length of the individual sessions. If a patient received therapy on 3 days and they received 15 minutes on the first day of therapy, 10 minutes on the second day of therapy and 25 minutes -split into two sessions of 10 and 15 minutes- on the third day of therapy then the total number of minutes entered on to SSNAP would be 50 minutes.
For team-centred results:
Divide the number of minutes of SALT each patient received at an individual team by the number of days the patient received SALT at that team.
Cohort median: To find the median number of minutes per day received, all numbers for each patient need to be listed from smallest to largest. The median is then the number in the middle of this list.
For patient-centred results:
First, calculate the total number of minutes of SALT each patient received by adding together the minutes of SALT the patient received at each of the inpatient teams the patient was seen by.
Then, divide by the total number of days of SALT the patient received across all inpatient teams.
Cohort median: To find the median number of minutes per day received, all numbers for each patient need to be listed from smallest to largest. The median is then the number in the middle of this list.
| For team-centred | For patient-centred |
| Patients in the team-centred post-72h cohort (records attributed to all teams) who are considered to require speech and language therapy by the specific team | Patients in the patient-centred post-72h cohort who are considered to require speech and language therapy by at least one inpatient team that the patient has been seen by |
Example
Team-centred:
Patient X received 3 days of SALT at Team A. On the first day of therapy they received 25 minutes, on the second day they received 45 minutes split over two sessions of 25 minutes and 20 minutes, and on the third day they received 35 minutes of therapy. The number and length of sessions are not recorded in SSNAP, so a total of 105 minutes of SALT entered on to SSNAP. They also received 7 days of SALT at Team B with a total of 210 minutes of SALT but this is not included in the team-centred results.
Patient Y received a total of 15 days of SALT with Team A. On the first five days of therapy they received 25 minutes per day and on the remaining 10 days they received 40 minutes per day split into two therapy sessions of 20 minutes. Patient Y received a total of 425 minutes of SALT to be entered onto SSNAP.
Patient Z received a total of 8 days of SALT at Team A. On all 8 days they received 30 minutes per day. Patient Z received total of 240 minutes of SALT to be entered onto SSNAP.
Team A
Patient X:
Number of minutes per day = 105 minutes = 35 minutes per day received
3 days
Patient Y:
Number of minutes per day = 425 minutes = 28.3 minutes per day received
15 days
Patient Z:
Number of minutes per day = 240 minutes = 30 minutes per day received
8 days
The median number of minutes per day on which SALT is received in numerical order=
28.3 minutes 
Team A’s team-centred median number of minutes per day on which SALT is received 30 minutes.
Patient-centred:
Patient X received 3 days of SALT at Team A. On the first day of therapy they received 25 minutes, on the second day they received 45 minutes split over two sessions of 25 minutes and 20 minutes, and on the third day they received 35 minutes of therapy. They also received 7 days of SALT at Team B. On all seven days of therapy with Team B Patient X received 30 minutes of therapy with a total of 210 minutes of SALT at Team B. For Patient-Centred results the number of days on which therapy was received is added for all the teams so for Patient X this is 10 days of SALT. The numbers of minutes at the all teams are also added up so for Patient X that is 315 minutes of SALT.
Number of minutes per day = 315 minutes = 31.5 minutes per day received
10 days
Patient Y received a total of 15 days of SALT with Team A. On the first five days of therapy they received 25 minutes per day and on the remaining 10 days they received 40 minutes per day split into two therapy sessions of 20 minutes. They did not receive any SALT at any other team. Patient Y received a total of 425 minutes of SALT to be entered onto SSNAP.
Number of minutes per day = 425 minutes = 28.3 minutes per day received
15 days
Patient Z received a total of 8 days of SALT at Team A. On all 8 days they received 30 minutes per day. They did not receive any SALT at any other team. Patient Z received total of 240 minutes of SALT to be entered onto SSNAP.
Number of minutes per day = 240 minutes = 30 minutes per day received
8 days
The median number of minutes per day on which SALT is received in numerical order=
28.3 minutes
The patient-centred median number of minutes per day on which SALT is received 30 minutes.