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Community ENT Service

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The Community ENT service provided by Communitas aims to offer patients an appointment within four weeks for:

  • Routine assessment and diagnosis 
  • Routine treatment
  • Follow up where necessary/clinically required

It is a consultant-led service. More information can be found at the Communitas website- https://communitasclinics.com/city-hackney-community-ent-service/

Eligibility criteria

Inclusions

  • Routine ENT specialist care where surgery is an unlikely outcome post-consultation.

The full referral criteria can be found in the downloads section.

Exclusions

  • Patients who meet the criteria for AQP hearing assessments
  • Red flags and sudden hearing loss 
  • multiple and/or complex co-morbidities that require a multidisciplinary service across specialties
  • already had a complete work-up and treatment options have already been tried in the community

How to refer

The following clinicians can refer to this service:

Editable PDF / Word document Download Form

Referral methods: e-Referrals

Referrals should be made through e-RS.

  • Request type – Referral
  • Priority – Routine
  • Specialty - Ear Nose & Throat
  • Clinic type – any of the following: Ear, Balance/ Dizziness, Ear, Neck Lump/ Thyroid, Not otherwise specified, Salivary Gland, Sleep Apnoea, Snoring, Throat, Tinnitus
  • Select - City and Hackney ENT Service
  • Select – The Nightingale Practice/Lawson Practice

 

Locations

The Nightingale Practice

Friday and Saturday clinic times include appointments between 8.30 - 6 pm

Address

10 Kenninghall Road, Lower Clapton, London, E5 8BY
The Lawson Practice

Wednesday, 8.30 - 13.00 and 14:00 - 17:00

Address

St Leonards, 85 Nuttall Street, London, N1 5HZ

Service Feedback

Email Address

e: intermediate.services@nhs.net

Phone Number

t: 020 8683 6734

Downloads

Community ENT Referral Form

Download DOCX, 170.76 KB

Community ENT Referral Criteria

Download PDF, 405.99 KB

Community ENT e-RS Referral Guidance

Download PDF, 1,016.19 KB

Community ENT Patient Information Leaflet

Download PDF, 800.47 KB

ENT - Important e-RS pathway update

Download PDF, 116.01 KB

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Last updated: Sep 17th, 2024
Review date: Mar 20th, 2025

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