Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 5963

Audiology: Children

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

LabourWashington 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 Kinnock
These 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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