It’s a busy time of year and this has been reflected in our growing practice. Clinics at KIMS Hospital, Maidstone for Mr Hone and Mr Al-lami are already full. In addition, Mr Hone is expanding his capacity at the One Ashford Hospital in the New Year to increase operating availability and outpatient clinics to keep […]
The Kent ENT partnership is now fully established – offering services at One Ashford hospital and KIMS hospital. We are hoping to start a new service at Spencer hospitals in November 2021. It has been a busy month for Ali Al-lami and Robert Hone – both clinically and from an educational point of view. Ali
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How much do you know about the thyroid gland and thyroid disease? We have published detailed information on our website about thyroid disorders and how we treat them. We want our patients to be fully informed ahead of any surgery that may be necessary and are available to answer any questions they may have prior
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As we write this, at the end of September, we are delighted to report that the Kent ENT Partnership is well and truly up and running. Mr Al-lami has started his clinics at KIMS Hospital in Maidstone and already has his first operating list booked next month. Mr Hone has his first clinic at KIMS
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We are very excited to announce that this month Ali Al-lami and Rob Hone have joined services to form the Kent ENT Partnership. They frequently look after NHS patients jointly to provide the highest standard of care; and now via the Kent ENT Partnership, they will be looking after patients in the independent sector collaboratively
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This month, Mr Al-Lami and I finally made it to Belgium to complete our robotics training, despite the COVID-19 restrictions. It was our third attempt. The first was abandoned due to the alpha variant and the second was cancelled due to on-going restrictions. The journey was stressful and we had to fly via Amsterdam due
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With further easing of lockdown restrictions, work has been steadily increasing. I have been much busier in clinic at the One Ashford Hospital and had my first clinic in the Spencer Wing at Kent & Canterbury Hospital on a Wednesday evening and hope these will become regular on weeks one, three and five of every
A busy few weeks in the life of a Consultant ENT Surgeon! Read More »
Our patients have found it really useful when we send out information about their upcoming surgery. It puts their minds at ease and keeps them fully informed about their condition and what to expect from the operation itself. We also provide useful information about aftercare and recovery. This is the information we send out
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With things finally returning to a more normal routine, I have been keeping myself busy by doing a number of extra NHS operating lists to help with the backlog. Usually, each consultant in East Kent is given two operating lists a week but I have been performing between 3 and 5 lists a week for
Elective surgery has finally re-opened as life returns to normal Read More »
It’s been an interesting month. Unfortunately, following on from the cancellation of the robotics course and subsequently the office based ENT procedures course in London, the amount of operating capacity in East Kent reduced significantly. I therefore volunteered to help on intensive care in East Kent assisting with family updates – I helped to provide
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