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Audiology: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of certified Auditory Verbal Therapists.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of certified Auditory Verbal Therapists.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Audiology services in the National Health Service, including provision of therapies for children with hearing loss, are locally commissioned. In summer 2025, we will publish a refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan to deliver the transformed health service we...

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