Resources

ENT UK Outpatients - Review & Recommendations 2024

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

Clinical Guidance on Microsuction of the External Ear Canal

The BSO have developed some guidance on microsuction of the ear. It provides a summary of the indications and risks of the procedure and makes recommendations about who should be carrying out microsuction and where it should be performed as well...

Paediatric snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea in children and adolescents - Global ENT Guideline

The Global ENT Guidelines have been prepared as a joint project between ENT UK (Global Health Committee) and Global OHNS.  The aim of these guidelines is to provide a free resource, readily accessible, for anyone providing ENT care in...

Paediatric snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea in children and adolescents - Global ENT Guideline

The Global ENT Guidelines have been prepared as a joint project between ENT UK (Global Health Committee) and Global OHNS.  The aim of these guidelines is to provide a free resource, readily accessible, for anyone providing ENT care in...

Cocaine Induced ENT pseudo-GPA (CIE pGPA)

Cocaine has always been known to adversely affect the nose, often resulting in perforations of the nasal septum. However, over the last couple of decades, patients with known cocaine abuse have presented with severe nasal deformities and associated tissue loss affecting the nose, face and palate. This is now recognised as a drug-induced vasculitis that has several characteristics and similarities to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). The condition was initially sporadic but is becoming much more common. The attached guidelines, jointly written by BRS, BSFPS and ENT UK, offer information to ENT surgeons and other interested healthcare professionals who are unfamiliar with the condition but also offer some guidance on terminology and clinical management. Andrew Swift and Peter Andrews

Day Case Paediatric Adenotonsillectomy Consensus Guidelines

Traditionally adenotonsillectomy surgery in children has been viewed as requiring at least an overnight stay post operatively. This was to monitor for bleeding and airway issues and to ensure adequate pain relief was achieved with a return to normal eating and drinking. However, numerous studies have been published showing that day-case tonsillectomy is safe and effective for the majority of children with minimal co-morbidities, even those with obstructed sleep disordered breathing. It is desirable with regards the utilisation of resources, cost and the preference of most families. It will also facilitate more timely access to surgical treatment.

Guidelines for clinical management of non-fatal strangulation in acute and emergency care services

Non-fatal strangulation (NFS) poses significant health risks, including strokes, nerve damage, and psychological harm. ENT UK has collaborated with the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS), major royal colleges and associated...

Making a decision about recurrent tonsillitis

After months of collaborative refinement between ENT UK and NHSE, we completed a ‘Decision Support Tool’ to aid both patients and clinicians in deciding on treatment options for recurrent tonsillitis. The document also includes information from the NATTINA study, published on 17 May 2023 in the Lancet.  Newcastle University’s NIHR-commissioned NATTINA trial concluded that adult tonsillectomy for recurrent tonsillitis is effective both clinically and in terms of cost. The trial found that patients who underwent a tonsillectomy had 50% fewer occurrences of sore throat over two years, compared to patients who did not.

Day Case Tonsillectomy - Paediatrics - Pathway

ESS - Endoscopic Sinus Surgery - Pathway