Question follow-through · 45591

Earwax: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that community-based ear wax removal services are made available to patients in (a) Harrow East constituency and (b) England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 17 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 23 Apr 2025
Answer: 29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that community-based ear wax removal services are made available to patients in (a) Harrow East constituency and (b) England.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to commission cost-effective healthcare to meet the needs of their local populations. This includes the arrangement of services for ear wax removal. When ICBs exercise their functions, includin...

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