Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 40297

Hearing Impairment: Children

Tabled: 21 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Mr James Frith

LabourBury North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) investing in auditory verbal therapy and (b) expanding access to support for deaf children and their families.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Audiology services are locally commissioned, and the responsibility for meeting the needs of non-hearing children lies with local National Health Service commissioners. It is important that local commissioners have the discretion to decide how best to mee...

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