Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15200

Audiology: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 1 July 2026

Answered: 6 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Alison Griffiths

Conservative — Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England collects comparative data on waiting times for specialist audiology services, including tinnitus, cochlear implant, balance disorder and complex hearing loss pathways; and what

Answer

Karin Smyth

No assessment of the trends in the level of variation in referral pathways for adult audiology services in England has been made.Data on waiting times for specific specialist audiology pathways such as tinnitus, cochlear implant, balance disorders, and co...

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