ENT

ENT Exhibitors UK

ENTEX UK is an association of British manufacturers and distributors of medical and surgical devices and services used in Otolaryngology.

ENTEX UK endeavours to advise its members of opportunities to exhibit their products at U.K. meetings of Otolaryngologists. It also provides a medium through which organisers of such meetings are able to extend to members an invitation to exhibit relevant devices and services.

ENTEX UK gives advice to ENT exhibition organisers on best practices, represents the views of the members to organisers, relays their suggestions for improvements to the exhibitions, and agrees the scale of exhibition fees appropriate to a given meeting, with a view to ensuring an equitable arrangement to organiser and exhibitors.

ENTEX UK invites exhibition organisers to submit details of their meetings for inclusion on the website, and hopes that it will also become a useful resource for Otolaryngologists planning their attendance at meetings.

National Association of Laryngectomee Clubs

NALC has almost 100 clubs nationwide and offers a range of services to Laryngectomees and their families and carers. A major role of the clubs is to provide the sort of non-medical help and information that can only come from the experience of living with a laryngectomy.

Many of our clubs are run voluntarily by health professionals with an interest in improving the lives of their patients. Individual Laryngectomees or carers run some clubs - with some having committees of patients, carers and professionals.

Some clubs are small and merely provide a safe environment in which the members can gather together, enjoy a cuo of tea and encourage new Laryngectomees in their new life. Others are large groups of people who become involved in the political and campaigning side of trying to improve awareness of the condition. Many individuals and clubs work to improve the treatment and availability of medical services both locally and nationally.

Almost all of our clubs have very healthy social lives as one of their major aims is the rehabilitation of people who have been deeply traumatised by their experiences.

• The National Association of Laryngectomee Clubs has the following objectives :
  
  
• To promote the rehabilitation of laryngectomees.
  
  
• To unite all clubs within the British Isles whose objectives are to promote the welfare of laryngectomees.
  
  
• To encourage the formation of new clubs with similar objectives.
  
  
• To collect, co-ordinate and disseminate information relevant to the rehabilitation of the laryngectomee.

British Association of Otorhinolaryngologists –
Head & Neck Surgeons

About ENT•UK

ENT•UK is the front name for the British Association of Otorhinolaryngologists - Head & Neck Surgeons (BAO-HNS), which was founded in 1943 as the professional Association for British Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeons and related professionals.

The organisation was formed to promote the specialty at all levels, from regional to international level. It represented the interests of its members in areas of politics, finance and education.

The British Association of Otorhinolaryngologists - Head and Neck Surgeons is a registered charity, number 213352

Today ENT•UK represents over 1,200 medical practitioners including surgeons, trainees and audiologists. The main objectives of ENT•UK are to:

• Improve the care available to patients suffering from conditions of the ear, nose, throat, head and neck
  
  
• Promote the understanding of the range of conditions treated by the specialty
  
  
• Provide information on the specialty to the general public and media
  
  
• Encourage and support research within the specialty
  
  
• Support and provide continuing education for specialists
  
  
• Encourage recruitment into the specialty
  
  
• Promote high standards in the training of specialists
  
  
• Represent the specialty at the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and to government bodies.

Royal Society of Medicine

The Royal Society of Medicine is an independent, apolitical organisation, founded over 200 years ago. <http://www.rsm.ac.uk/welcom/history.php>

We are one of the largest providers of continuing medical education in the UK.

We provide accredited courses for continuing professional development, which is so vital in allowing doctors, dentists, veterinary surgeons and other healthcare professionals their continuing freedom to practise.

Our aims are:

• to provide a broad range of educational activities and opportunities for doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeons, including students of these disciplines, and for allied healthcare professionals.
  
  
• to promote an exchange of information and ideas on the science, practice and organisation of medicine, both within the health professions and with responsible and informed public opinion.
  
  
• We receive no state funding to carry out our core work and are dependent on generous donations and legacies.