ALT Social media graphic. Blue background. An orange circle appears in the middle of the graphic. Inside the orange circle is a pair of hands holding a red heart. Inside the red heart is a spoon, fork and knife.

ALT Portrait of Edna, a ward host at Imperial College Healthcare. She is standing in a hospital kitchen with a food and drink trolley behind her.

ALT Photograph of a patient sitting in a hospital bed and talking to a member of staff. A green sign can be seen above the patient's bed.

ALT Portrait of Jonathan, a nurse in charge at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Jonathan is wearing a navy blue nurses uniform and smiling towards the camera. He is wearing black glasses.

ALT Portrait of Georgina, a nurse at Imperial College Healthcare. Georgina is wearing her blue, NHS hospital scrubs and an NHS lanyard. She is smiling towards the camera.

ALT Portrait of Dr Fayez from Imperial College Healthcare. He has black, curly hair and is wearing a blue shirt, grey jumper and a stethoscope around his neck.

ALT Photograph of an elderly female patient sitting up in a hospital bed and talking to a member of staff who is knelt at her bedside.

ALT Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists graphic. Navy background with a baby blue line drawing of a person's face and neck. There is a knot in the middle of the neck. Text reads: Eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties affect individuals of all ages, from newborn babies to older people. SWALLOWAWARE2024.

ALT Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists graphic. Blue background with a yellow line drawing of a person's head and neck. There is a knotted mass in the middle of the person's neck. Text reads: When eating, drinking and swallowing become difficult. Some people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties have problems swallowing certain foods or liquids, while others can't swallow at all. #SWALLOWAWARE2024