Welcome once again to the summer edition of The Otorhinolaryngologist. There are some excellent articles of academic interest as well as some superb articles relating to service provision. Of special mention is in the audit section there is an article that focuses our minds. In the ever increasing financially deficient NHS it is good to be aware of the fiscal aspects of departments and the need to capture data accurately in a department in order to demonstrate the departments true financial worth.

I hope summer has treated everyone well and look forward to future submissions which I encourage all consultants and trainees to do. Please do contact Sanjai or myself if you are interested in contributing to the journal in any way and we would be delighted to direct you.

My Best wishes

Francis Vaz

Co-Editor of The Otorhinolaryngologist