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16 June 2023
                                    The BLA council met on Thursday, 18th May and it was at this meeting the BLA council welcomed incoming President, Mr Declan Costello. Mr Costello is a founding...
12 September 2022
Please see attached the updated documents for Rapid Consensus: Clinical risk stratification tool during Smiths Bivona® Tracheostomy paediatric range supply disruption – 3rd edition, August 2022. 
18 August 2022
The laryngological world lost a great man: prof. Nobuhiko Isshiki passed away on August 14th, 2022. He was 92 years old. He survived his wife Keiko 5 years. Professor Nobuhiko Isshiki, MD, graduated...
06 July 2022
Update on the current shortage of silicone Paediatric Tracheostomy Tubes
04 July 2022
Due to a raw material shortage, production of the entire range of Smiths Bivona® paediatric tracheostomy products was temporarily paused in February 2022. The production has restarted but the full...
29 July 2021
Professor Gregory Postma has been awarded the prestigious Isshiki Award for outstanding contributions to laryngology.   The award was presented virtually by BLA President Guri Sandhu on the 9 July...
29 June 2021
This podcast series is a realisation of a vision to showcase WENTS UK as a society, their values, ethos and how they aspire to pave the way for change by exploring controversial topics in...
14 June 2021
Each year, outstanding examples of volunteering work are celebrated through the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS). Equivalent to an MBE, QAVS are the highest awards given to charities in the...
03 June 2021
The British Laryngological Association's popular podcast, BLA Connections: A Clear Voice, is now a year old and continues to go from strength to strength. In May 2020, during the first wave...
05 May 2021
The BLA welcomes Mr Guri Sandhu as incoming President from 1st May 2021. Mr Sandhu is a founding member of the BLA and current President of the Laryngology & Rhinology section at the RSM. He is a...
13 January 2021
ENT UK's response on vaccinations for COVID-19 Ignoring the Science (delayed second mRNA vaccine doses) puts frontline workers and all recipients at risk ENT UK and our...
10 November 2020
Message from the BLA President: I hope you are coping with the onset of the second wave of Covid-19 that is now beginning to affect us all. Earlier in the year, the BLA had written a tracheostomy...
16 June 2020
The British Voice Association (BVA) is the UK's 'voice for voice'. Our remit is the encouragement of a healthy voice, vocal skills and communication in such areas as the performing arts, business and...
02 June 2020
The BLA has worked with ENT-UK to produce a document on the next steps for laryngology as the Covid-19 pandemic slowly subsides.  Thank you to Taran Tatla Department of ENT-Head & Neck Surgery,...
07 May 2020
This document has been developed by RCSLT in response to the current coronavirus pandemic and the growing requests from speech and language therapists (SLTs) for a review of the use of SLT-led...
05 May 2020
As we are now hopefully over the main peak of Covid-19 infections from the first wave, it is likely we will have requests for advice from patients who are recovering from the virus.  The attached...
27 April 2020
This UK national service evaluation aims to assess the effects of tracheostomy in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and mechanically ventilated on weaning, time with mechanical ventilation and ITU...
03 April 2020
It is likely that in the near future that we will be called upon to carry out tracheostomy procedures on Covid-19 patients who require prolonged ventilation.  The BLA and ENT-UK agree that this would...
03 April 2020
Please find a document attached, produced by Hannah Chambers, one of our speech therapists at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.  Carrying out swallowing and oromotor assessments have been particularly...

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