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{{Short description|UK professional body for otorhinolaryngology}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
[[File:Logo of ENT UK, 2023.png|thumb|right]]
'''ENT UK''' (sometimes '''ENT-UK''')<ref name=bla /> is the professional body for [[Otorhinolaryngology]] ("ear, nose and throat surgery and head, neck and thyroid surgery" in its own words) in the United Kingdom.<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.entuk.org/about/who_we_are.aspx |website=www.entuk.org |access-date=7 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>  The  [[British Rhinological Society]], '''British Society of Facial Plastic Surgery''' ('''BSFPS'''), '''British Society of Otology''' ('''BSO''') and '''Head and Neck Society''' ('''H&N''') are membership groups of ENT UK, and the '''British Otorhinolaryngology & Allied Sciences Research Society''' ('''BOARS''') and the '''British Society for the History of ENT''' ('''BSHENT''') are special interest groups of ENT UK.<ref name="groups">{{cite web |title=ENT UK Groups |url=https://www.entuk.org/about/groups/default.aspx |website=www.entuk.org |access-date=7 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The '''British Laryngological Association''' ('''BLA''') is "allied to ENT UK".<ref name=bla>{{cite web |title=About the society |url=https://www.britishlaryngological.org/about-bla/introduction |website=www.britishlaryngological.org |publisher=British Laryngological Association |access-date=7 September 2023}}</ref>
The journal ''[[Clinical Otolaryngology]]'' is published by Wiley on behalf of ENT UK and  BOARS.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clinical Otolaryngology: Overview |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/17494486/homepage/productinformation.html |publisher=Wiley |access-date=7 September 2023}}</ref>
ENT UK is a registered charity, number 1125524, registered in 2008.<ref name=cc>{{EW charity|num=1125524 }}</ref>
==History==
ENT UK was registered with the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales ]] in 2008.<ref name=cc />
In 2012 the ENT UK website bore the statement "ENT UK trading as '''British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology''' ('''BACO''') and '''British Association of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery''' ('''BAO-HNS''')".<ref name=entuk2012>{{cite web |title=Welcome |url=http://www.entuk.org.uk/ |publisher=ENT.UK |access-date=7 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202103916/http://www.entuk.org.uk/ |archive-date=2 February 2012}}</ref> On the same website the name was stylised using a centred dot between "ENT" and "UK": ENT•UK.<ref name=entuk2012 />
The '''Otorhinolaryngological Research Society''' (ORS) and the '''British Society for Academic Otorhinolaryngology''' (BSAO) merged in 2017 to form BOARS, the British Otorhinolaryngology & Allied Sciences Research Society.<ref>{{cite web |title=BOARS: About |url=https://www.entuk.org/about/groups/boars/about.aspx |website=www.entuk.org |access-date=7 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
The British Society for the History of ENT grew from a 1981 meeting of a proposed British section of the European Society for the Study of History of Otorhinolaryngology, and became British Society for the History of ENT in 2001, "under the umbrella" of the then British Association of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery (BAOL-HNS).<ref name="bshent">{{cite web |title=BSHENT: History |url=https://www.entuk.org/about/groups/BSHENT/history.aspx |website=www.entuk.org |access-date=7 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
The Head and Neck Society was founded in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Head and Neck Society: About |url=https://www.entuk.org/about/groups/hn/about.aspx |website=www.entuk.org |access-date=7 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
The British Society of Otology was founded in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |title=BSO - The British Society of Otology Annual Meeting 2023 - Physical attendance |url=https://www.entuk.org/events/31/the_british_society_of_otology_bso_annual_meeting_2023/ |website=www.entuk.org |access-date=7 September 2023 |language=en |quote=The year 2023 marks the 20th Anniversary of the BSO's founding.}}</ref>
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://www.entuk.org}}
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[[Category:Medical associations based in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Otorhinolaryngology organizations]]
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