I had an enjoyable morning discussing interview skills and techniques with some of our really keen and enthusiastic North West and Mersey ENT trainees. As promised - the handout is below to download - good luck for the interviews next year - I'm sure you'll all do really well!
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Last week I attended an excellent seminar in London organised by Premex+ The seminar was a great introduction to the basic of medical negligence law and the requirements needed to be an Expert Witness in that field. Thanks to the team for organising it. 

I am excited to be going to the American Association of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery annual meeting next week. This is the largest ENT conference in the World and I am hoping to come back buzzing with new ideas and innovations. 

The abstract program has been published and I hope to attend and learn from as many sessions as I can. 

​http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sage/oto_supp_conferenceabstracts_201609/

Last week, I attended the NoEENT meeting in Bury. It was a packed programme and congratulations to @GhoshENTsurgeon on organising such an interesting and though-provoking day with talks on neck dissection, allergic fungal rhinosinusitis and a fascinating talk by Dr Daniel Sokol - barrister and medical ethicist on truth-telling and deception in medicine. 

The 'Gold Standard' treatment for sleep disordered breathing is CPAP. This is not always achievable in all patients and in those who are intolerant of it or in patients in whom it does not work we do sometimes need to resort to surgery. This article has been commissioned by ENT & Audiology News and outlines some of the surgical treatment options available. 

It has been a busy couple of months for me on the research side. I have published two papers recently. One was a case report on brain tissue in the wrong place found incidentally in the nasal sinuses. 

http://file.scirp.org/Html/5-2460275_54342.htm


The other was part of a collaborative paper led by Carl Philpott at the University of East Anglia looking at the burden of surgery in chronic rhinosinusitis


http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006680.full?sid=ef35e2f6-3dff-46d6-8da5-83ed3df7d32a

The AAO-HNS have just published some guidelines on the management of sinusitis. They are also advocating nasal rinses and douches for treatment. The recipe is below. 

It was a pleasure and delight to travel across to Liverpool last night to talk on neck lump assessment and ENT for finals. Apologies for the delay and many thanks for your patience. I have posted the slides below for you to view for reference. 

What a pleasure to meet so many GPs and discuss some of the issues of common ENT topics this evening. Thanks for braving the January winds to come and listen

This is an article recently published in Jlife Magazine. It is a question and answer piece with the answers appearing in next month's edition.