Data collection
All inpatients receiving dysphagia input who were registered on the electronic patient record of the SLT caseload on the 12th March 2020 were eligible for inclusion. All SLT documentation for the patient since admission was reviewed; this included the case history, which highlighted diagnosis and previous medical history, as recorded from the medical notes. Patient demographics and dysphagia treatment decisions were recorded. A questionnaire to guide data collection and define diagnostic categories was produced prior to data collection (see appendix two). Due to the snapshot nature of data collection, details of previous recommendations were not recorded and only most recent oral trial recommendations (where applicable) were outlined.