Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 5963
Audiology: Children
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Question
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Labour — Washington and Gateshead South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential economic benefits of increasing access to Auditory Verbal therapy for deaf children.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThese specific assessments have not been made. Audiology services are locally commissioned and the responsibility for meeting the needs of non-hearing children lies with local National Health Service commissioners.In July 2016, NHS England published Commi...
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