RCSLT Online Outcome Tool

Therapy Outcome Measures

NEWS

November 2026

New and updated report options: We are delighted to announce a number of new reports, as well as improvements to our current reports. There are three main changes:

  • Some of the standard reports can now show outcomes for ‘additional’ domains, (like ‘Risk’ for Paediatric Dysphagia and Adult Learning Difficulties Dysphagia)

  • There are now bespoke reports for the scales which feature ‘split’ domains (e.g. Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Adult Learning Disability Community). NB. These have been adapted from the old AAC reports, so AAC scale users will need to use the ‘Scales with split TOM domains’ tab and then choose the AAC scale.

  • Two new reports have been developed which will include all the data at your service, broken down by primary TOM scale.

Find out more about the available TOM scales here or visit our training resources for support on running reports.

We are keen to improve and refine these reports from your feedback. Please use the ‘Leave Feedback’ button at the bottom of the screens or get in touch.

Celebrating a decade of the ROOT! Did you know that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the ROOT? We have also reached the milestone of over 100,000 episodes of care recorded in the database. Find out more by reading the latest edition of the Bulletin (Autumn 2026 p52) or listening to the latest RCSLT podcast (20 October 2026).

Come along to our next ROOT drop-in: On Tuesday 17 November 1-2pm we will be holding our next informal, online drop-in session on Teams. Whether you're early on in your ROOT journey, or an experienced user considering how to get the most out of your data, our friendly team will be on hand to help.

About the RCSLT Online Outcome Tool (ROOT)

The ROOT supports speech and language therapists (SLTs) with collecting and collating Therapy Outcome Measures (TOMs) (Enderby and John, 2015; 2019) and generating reports. The reports generated by the ROOT can be used by SLTs to inform clinical decision-making, drive quality improvement and demonstrate the impact of speech and language therapy. More information is provided below, or you can contact root@rcslt.org.

Therapy Outcome Measures for Rehabilitation Professionals

Pamela Enderby and Alexandra John

The Therapy Outcome Measure (TOM) allows professionals from many disciplines working in health, social care and education to describe the relative abilities and difficulties of a patient/client in the four domains of impairment, activity, participation and wellbeing in order to monitor changes over time. TOM has been rigorously tested for reliability and clinical validity. It is quick and simple to use, taking just a few minutes to complete, and is used for treatment planning, clinical management, audit and research. It allows for the aggregations of data so that comparisons can be made for the purposes of internal and external benchmarking.

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