News Archive

03 April 2025

The British Society of Otology have recently created a national registry for tympanoplasty that ENT surgeons across the UK can use to record their tympanoplasty outcomes. The registry is now up and running and can be accessed via the internet and...

20 March 2025

The National Tracheostomy Safety Project (NTSP) is in the process of establishing a short-life working group led by the NSTP and the Difficult Airway Society. The group's purpose is to update its emergency algorithms for managing tracheostomy...

17 January 2025

ENT UK is pleased to announce a new service for our members: the Surgical Advisory Service Helpline, designed to support surgeons, anaesthetists, and other surgical professionals. The helpline, provided by the Confederation of British Surgery,...

07 January 2025

  The Patient Information Team is delighted to announce that ENT UK has gained the PIF TICK accreditation to become a ‘trusted information creator’ for the Patient Information Leaflets. PIF TICK is the UK’s only assessed quality mark for...

17 December 2024

To address the mounting pressures ENT outpatient clinics face across the UK, ENT UK has published a comprehensive set of guidelines aimed at enhancing service efficiency while ensuring patient safety. The guidelines respond to an increasingly...

17 December 2024

Professor Mahmood Bhutta, Chair in ENT at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and advocate for sustainable healthcare, has been awarded the 2024 President’s Medal by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. This prestigious...

04 December 2024

Last month, we hosted the annual ST3 Accelerated Learning Bootcamps in London and Leeds, marking another successful year of preparing newly appointed ENT registrars for their challenging roles. The course once again provided an array of practical,...

04 December 2024

A new clinical leadership team has been appointed to drive forward GIRFT’s work to maximise productivity in the ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery specialty. Two clinical leads and two clinical advisors are now in place as the workstream...

31 October 2024

This year has been busy for the Patient Information Leaflets. Between 2023 and 2024, we have published 21 patient information e-leaflets on the ENT UK website, with still more in development. We have made progress in updating our processes to...

14 October 2024

Miss Sadie Khwaja (left), ENT UK Foundation Committee Member. Miss Katie Nurcombe (second left), ENT UK CEO & ENT UK Foundation Secretary. Miss Victoria Ward (second right), ENT UK Foundation Committee Members. Professor Nirmal Kumar (right) ENT...