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From the editor Sep/Oct 2024

Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.netTW / X: @Voicedoctor_uk This edition marks a milestone for me, as it is exactly 10 years since I started as editor of...

ESPO 2023

Emma Gosnell, Otolaryngology Specialty Trainee, Health Education North West, UK, and Hannah Emerson, ENT Registrar, Alder Hey Hospital, UK. After a five-year hiatus in face-to-face conferences, Liverpool welcomed over 1000 delegates from over 70 countries for the 16th Congress of...

ERS 2025

Michaella Cameron, ST6 (OOPE), North Thames Deanery, United Kingdom The 30th ERS Congress welcomed 1,850 participants from around the world to a warm and collegial environment – perfect for newcomers like myself. Set in the vibrant city of Budapest, the...

ENT UK Foundation Trust Research Showcase 2023

Helen Cocks, Vasant and Nirmala Oswal, and Nirmal Kumar. Katherine Conroy, FRCS (ORL-HNS), Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK. The ENT UK Foundation made the most of London’s late summer sunshine, launching the Research Showcase with an evening drinks reception on the...

Hearing International Annual Meeting 2023

Zhang Juan, MD, Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Chief Physician, Associate Director of the Hearing Center and Associate Director of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Department of Affiliated Beijing Chaoyang Hospital of Capital Medical University, China. The prestigious Hearing International Annual Meeting...

Leadership in academia

I went into medicine with the clichéd view of wanting to help people. I found that by doing surgery I could help a small number of people, albeit usually to a large effect. Then, I recognised that by engaging in...

Effects of air pollution and climate change on the upper airways

Dr Alexander Simidchiev is a specialist in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and public health. He is the Co-Founder and President of Air for Health, a non-profit organisation aimed at educating medical professionals about the impact of air pollution and climate...

Dysphagia in complex laryngology – maintaining the balance

These authors from the speech and language therapy department at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, describe their view of a patient-centred approach to managing dysphagia in complex laryngology. Careful consideration of the balance of airway, voice and swallow, which is...

Patient initiated follow-up in head and neck cancer

Is it time for a change in the way we follow up head and neck cancer patients after treatment? Paul Nankivell and Hisham Mehanna explain the rationale for the PETNECK2 trial. After completion of curative intent treatment, clinical follow-up currently...

Targeting the microbiome in chronic rhinosinusitis

Researchers at St Paul’s Sinus Centre and UBC in Vancouver are testing a novel treatment for CRS: transferring mucus from a healthy donor into a patient’s sinuses. Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the most common diseases managed by otolaryngologists...

What has NAIROS taught us about septoplasty?

Septoplasty is a commonly performed procedure worldwide for nasal obstruction associated with a deviated nasal septum. In the UK, with long waiting lists for septoplasty, there is a large and unexplained variation in the incidence of this procedure between individual...

Embracing the changes prompted by lockdown

March 2020 introduced the concept of lockdown to audiology services in the NHS, prompting a rethink of how to best provide hearing care. In this issue, we hear from Hanna Jeffery, a Clinical Scientist working at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital...