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Earwax: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS Integrated Care Boards provide community-based ear wax removal services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Mar 2025
Target answer date
27 Mar 2025
Answer
4 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS Integrated Care Boards provide community-based ear wax removal services.

  2. 27 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to commission cost-effective healthcare to meet the needs of their local population. This includes the arrangement of ear wax removal services.Manual ear syringing is no longer advised by the N...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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