COVID-19 and ENT SLT services, workforce and research in the UK: A discussion paper.
Joanne M Patterson, Roganie Govender, Justin Roe, Gemma Clunie, Jennifer Murphy, Grainne Brady, Jemma Haines, Anna White, Paul Carding
PMID 32770652WHAT IT FOUND
This is an expert discussion paper on UK ENT speech and language therapy services during COVID-19.
It describes service changes and research priorities. It reports no original patient outcomes, so there is no finding to act on.
What this paper is
It is a discussion paper from the NIHR CRN ENT SLT Research Group. It summarizes perceived changes to UK ENT speech and language therapy services, workforce and research during the early COVID-19 pandemic. It reports no original patient outcomes or tested interventions, so there is nothing here to change practice on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the described service changes or research priorities as evidence that they work. This paper reports expert discussion and survey summaries, not tested clinical outcomes.