Question follow-through · 109251
Earwax: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to ear wax removal services in Stockton West constituency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to ear wax removal services in Stockton West constituency.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning local National Health Services, including ear wax removal services, and in doing so must consider how best to improve population health and achieve best value for money.ICBs take account of r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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