AAC Lothian

1c Pennywell Road
Edinburgh
EH4 4PH
Tel: 0131 311 7130
Fax: 0131 332 6871
Contact: Liza McMillan
Email: [email protected]
Website: Under review

Service

Area covered
Lothians, Edinburgh

Population served
All ages

Scale
65 requests for assistance each year.

Services provided
All-inclusive service including:
– Assessment
– Loan for minimum 3 months
– Ongoing support and training
– Provision of own equipment for individual use

Staffing
– Speech and Language Therapist Coordinator
– Speech and Language Therapy Assistants
– Occupational Therapist running the Splat Toy Library for 0-5 year olds in the City of Edinburgh

Funded by
– NHS Lothian with additional funding into the loan bank from all 4 local education authorities

Permanent or project
Permanent

Year set up
1992 (formerly Keycomm), became AAC Lothian in 2023

Referral process
All requests for support must come via local managing Speech and Language Therapists.