BAOMS President comments on crisis in H&NC surgery

28 May 2021

Commenting on a recent letter published in the British Dental Journal (BDJ) about the crisis in head and neck cancer surgery and the impact on patient care, British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) President Austen Smith says it is an astute summary of the challenges facing maxillofacial units, adding:

“BAOMS Council member Bhavin Visavadia and colleague Hussein Mohamedbhai raise a very important point that is critical to the immediate future of head and neck cancer surgery provision - based on data from the recent UK CoVidSurg project.

“The CoVidSurg project findings are an example of short-term, rapidly organised and efficiently processed research that offers a timely appreciation of the real-life events affecting acute hospital units across the UK. This sort of fast response research will become even more important in the future - and should serve as a template for similar, rapid extractions of valuable information on trends affecting surgery in the UK."

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Notes to editors

• The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) promotes the advancement of education, research and the development of oral and maxillofacial Surgery in Great Britain, and encourages and assists postgraduate education, study and research. 
• P2 Surgery: Crisis….what crisis? Letter from Hussein Mohamedbhai and Bhavin Visavadia published in BDJ May 14 2021 
• Royal College of Surgeons of England Surgeons proposals for a ‘New Deal for Surgery’ to reduce the ‘colossal’ elective backlog 
• CovidSurg paper published in the British Journal of Surgery Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans 

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