Question follow-through · 5964
Audiology: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help the NHS and local health services can maximise investment in (i) new-born hearing screening, (ii) cochlear implants, (iii) hearing aids and (iv) othe
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help the NHS and local health services can maximise investment in (i) new-born hearing screening, (ii) cochlear implants, (iii) hearing aids and (iv) othe
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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14 Oct 2024
Answer published
National Health Service audiology services, including the provision of therapies for people with hearing loss, are locally commissioned, and the responsibility for meeting the needs of people with hearing loss lies with local NHS commissioners.In July 201...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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