A plea for ‘ When you are 64’ hearing screening. We have excellent neonatal screening and it’s time to look at the end of the spectrum. State pension link perhaps

https://t.co/RQCyLRhnuu

Gene therapy trial gives deaf children hearing in both ears. Amazing work published in Mature Medicine. US China collaboration. Remember Cambridge pioneering work by Bance.

Rejoice Swifties! thumps up and doing fine

On the plus side @JeremyNewman33 has given me a cracking opening slide for my talk on sexism and surgery at the British Society of Otology meeting at the @RCSnews. I wonder how many of the audience will misinterpret it too?

@RCSEd nice issue of Surgeons’ news with a focus on embracing equity in celebration of #IWD. Then an article on the journey to CCT in T&O, a specialty lagging behind most others in gender equality, featuring 3 men….. adding an image of a woman in scrubs is not the answer.

Working on the next edition with Quentin Gardiner

Congratulations @zarapatel_md @ifar_journal on the publication of the International Consensus guidelines on Olfaction. Will be of great benefit to physicians and patients with olfactory loss. Thank-you for the chance to collaborate 🙏🏻

ENT UK has a dedicated page where you can access the latest guidance and advice. This is being updated frequently with all the new developments - you can access our COVID-19 page by following this link:

Skipping nu (and xi) was a good idea because of the possible confusion those names could caused.

@NoseySurgeon The most over-rated classification system ever…. Never in my career have I thought, oh great, it’s a Keris 1 so I’ll have a good poke along the skull base

Delighted to be part of the panel

@Scotland_TPFSuk @ACPGBI @EDIforACPGBI @ACPGBI @EYCN_ACP @rcpsglasgow @RCSEd @RCSnews @Scotland_ACPGBI #TPFS2021DUNDEE @Neil_J_Smart The talk has captured the audience. None pelvic floor surgeons attending the conference just to hear his talk. Relevant to us all.

@ClareGerada Subspecialisation has no impact on GP workloads, unless the GP refers to the wrong service. I am in total support of my colleagues in primary care and can see the pressures they face, please don’t drive a wedge between hospitals and primary care just to grab headlines

Just removed a gram of crack cocaine from a patient’s ear. How’s your morning going? #entsurgeon

Minor Surgery for GP's 4th November "I have learnt new skills, how to remove sebaceous cysts & lipomas, curettage, shave excisions & key excision techniques & sutures. I will continue to build on the skills learnt during the course & practice further." https://t.co/knLBUrsJkG #gp

The Scottish Government has announced today that parking charges at Ninewells Hospital have been permanently abolished, meaning that parking on site will be free for all staff, patients and visitors. Guidance on parking at hospital can be found here

Thanks @NIHRresearch for supporting our Programme Grant. EVEREST-HN puts patients at the heart of diagnostic pathway, to speed up diagnosis & improve patient experience @drjompatterson @johnhardman @royalmarsdenNHS @royalmarsden @BAHNOOfficial @ENT_UK @RCSLT @pctuqmul @Microsoft

The Common Otology database (COA) is sadly closing down this weekend. Mathew Yung who has put a lot effort into this, has retired & is no longer able to maintain the audit. If you are a user, please download all your data NOW , to avoid losing them. #BSO #Otology #ENTUK #AUDIT

Exciting teaching series coming up, contact now for registration #SFO @ENT_UK

Very good to be able to restart the endoscopic ear course this year.