Our Policies

ENT Kent Partnership

Guiding Principles

Treat our patients as we would like our own family to be treated - "do as you would be done by"
Honest and open practice - "honesty is the best policy"
Listen carefully, understand your worries
Tell you if we cannot help, and refer you to someone who can

Informed Consent

Comply fully with the standards of the General Medical Council
Explain things clearly and check you understand
Routinely send copies of all clinical letters to you

Medical Records

Keep your medical records secure and confidential
Comply fully with the requirements of the UK Data Protection Act

Financial

Quotations for our fees on request
Estimates of total cost on request
Accurate timely accounts

Website

Medical information provided to support, not replace, individual consultation and advice
Continually improved and updated
No personal data collected routinely
No cookies
Personal data from feedback forms not shared with anyone else
No external sponsorship, site funded by ourselves
No advertising or paid-for links of any kind

This page last updated 28 September 2011

We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information:

verify here.

Disclaimer

All information and advice on this website is of a general nature and may not apply to you. This medical information is provided to enhance and support, not replace, individual advice from a qualified medical practitioner. Please see our Terms of Use.

News & Views

New magnetic hearing implant - Sophono Alpha 1

February 21, 2011

The Sophono Alpha 1 implant is a new alternative to the conventional bone anchored hearing aid. It is fitted under intact skin. The sound processor is held in place by magnets. With no skin-penetrating abutment, problems with hygiene, pain and infection are largely eliminated.
» more

Primary Care Trusts tighten access rules for NHS Choose & Book patients

January 7, 2011.
UK Private Hospitals and Consultants are threatened with financial penalties for carrying out so-called Low Priority Procedures in Private Hospitals unless PCT criteria are met
» more

Circle secures £50M funding for second new-build hospital

December 9, 2010
Circle, the employee-owned partnership of clinicians, has secured £50m to fund its second new-build hospital - CircleReading.
» more

Physio help for dizzy patients

From November 2010, patients with vertigo and balance problems due to labyrinthine diseases can receive specialist private physiotherapy at St Saviour's Hospital. Help with vestibular rehabilitation exercises
» more

NHS Restricts Low Priority Procedures in ENT

Can I get this treatment on the NHS? With public sector funding restricted, new rules came into force in 2010 regarding referrals for procedures considered to be of Low Priority including tonsillectomy and grommets for children
» more

ENT.UK Guidance on the decontamination and sterilization of rigid and flexible endoscopes

The professional body representing British Otolaryngologists / Head and neck surgeons issued new guidance in 2010 on how to clean the instruments used to examine the nose and throat
» more

Why pay for private medical treatment in the UK in 2010?

NHS waiting lists down, Choose and Book convenience - so why do so many still go private? ... Private patients are normally given half an hour for a new appointment. NHS appointments are as little as ten minutes, and are sometimes double-booked or even treble-booked.
» more

UK tonsillectomy rates lowest in Europe

Increasing hospitalisation for quinsy and severe forms of tonsillitis might indicate that rather than performing too many tonsillectomies in the UK, we are now performing too few. A Position Paper on Indications for Tonsillectomy by ENT.UK in 2009
» more

Partners: James W Fairley and Sylvia A Fairley 71 Mill Court Ashford Kent TN24 8DN tel 01233 642244 fax 01233 662840

GMC Registration No. 2719566

We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here.

Internet Content Rating Association labelled

website design