I am currently running a Community ENT Service for NHS patients at the town centre based Parkside NHS Treatment Centre, Boston, Lincolnshire.
This is a service with which I have been involved since January 2010. There are two components to this service which I provide:
The first is an adult ENT clinic service receiving County-wide referrals and also from outside the area. Audiology facilities are available with access to Radiology services. The advantages for the patients are that they are always seen by a Consultant usually within two weeks of referral. In terms of further treatment, where surgical intervention under a general anaesthetic is necessary, I have direct access to secondary care facilities.
The second component of the service is a local anaesthetic minor operation session, which takes place at Parkside in a fully equipped operating theatre. The service encompasses a wide variety of head and neck, skin and subcutaneous lesions including cysts and small skin cancers.
This service is currently available on Thursdays. Referral is via your GP.
