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Hearing Impairment: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of obtaining proof of a new hearing loss diagnosis from the NHS is for people in Yeovil constituency.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
12 Jan 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 33 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of obtaining proof of a new hearing loss diagnosis from the NHS is for people in Yeovil constituency.

  2. 12 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    National Health Service audiology services are locally commissioned, and the responsibility for meeting the needs of non-hearing people lies with local NHS commissioners. NHS Somerset commissions a range of hearing loss support services, with services pro...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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