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Audiology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for people performing (a) newborn hearing tests and (b) audiology testing in children.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
27 Nov 2025
Answer
28 Jan 2026 · 65 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for people performing (a) newborn hearing tests and (b) audiology testing in children.

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Newborn Hearing Screening in England for babies before the age of 12 weeks is part of the nationally approved commissioned screening services. The services are monitored by the Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) to ensure they meet national standa...

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