ABSTRACT
Many aspects of service provision and clinical skills are subject to rapid change and evolution, which impacts on the work of the clinician involved in delivering a service to patients with voice disorder. By employing the voice information group (VIG) as the first contact in a group format, resources of clinical time were released and wastage of clinical sessions due to patients' failure to attend were minimised. In the past decade many health authorities have established speech and language therapy-led (SLT-led) Endoscopic Evaluation of the Larynx (EEL) clinics. The issue of safety and security exists if the clinician is running clinics when there are few other people in the immediate areas. Research opportunities for clinicians working in clinical practice is an area, as with continuing professional development, where opportunities appear to be limited. Indeed when working with professional voice users providing a good vocal model is an acknowledgement that the clinician understands their occupational vocal demands.
