Question follow-through · 103116
Audiology: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to community-based NHS hearing health services.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to community-based NHS hearing health services.
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to commission cost-effective healthcare to meet the needs of their local population, and this includes community-based hearing services.The Medium-Term Planning Framework sets a clear target fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Health Education: Artificial Intelligence
12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to regulate health advice on AI overviews on internet browsers.
Food: Regulation
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Hospitals: Standards
12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set a definition of corridor care.
Learning Disabilities: Health Services
19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reinstating the annual health check target of 75% for people with learning disabilities.
Cervical Cancer: Screening
19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure people with learning disabilities receive screenings for cervical cancer.
Learning Disabilities: Health Services
19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of digitalised the Learning Disability Health Passport across ICBs.
Learning Disabilities: Hospital Beds
19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with learning disabilities do not remain in hospital beds when there is no medical need for them to do so.
Dental Services
23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many urgent dental appointments were delivered each year from 2020 up to and including 2025.
Dental Services
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Midwives: Recruitment
26 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to deliver safe staffing levels for midwives.