title: On the minimum requirements for otolaryngology clinics in National Health Service hospitals.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper, a report by the Clinical Governance and Audit Committee of the Scottish Otolaryngological Society, presents a consensus view of the minimal requirements for ENT clinics in National Health Service hospitals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The provision of adequate equipment and staff has gained increasing importance as the vast majority of ENT procedures can be safely performed in the out-patient or office setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Ninewells Hospital and Medical School,Dundee,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: S S M
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baring
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Raigmore Hospital,Inverness,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Hospital for Sick Children,Glasgow,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Crosshouse Hospital,Kilmarnock,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dempster
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Victoria Hospital,Kirkcaldy,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haddow
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Ninewells Hospital and Medical School,Dundee,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: S E M
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Monklands Hospital,Airdrie,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Balaji
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Aberdeen Royal Infirmary,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Victoria Hospital,Glasgow,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology,Royal Alexandra Hospital,Paisley,Scotland,UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000592:standards*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D006773:Hospitals, Municipal / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000592:standards*; D012606:Scotland; D013222:State Medicine
keywords: Diagnostic Equipment; Otorhinolaryngology; Outpatient Clinics