Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108181

Hearing Impairment: Children

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 13 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

LabourWashington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on developing national guidance for Auditory Verbal therapy for deaf children since March 2025; and whether he plans to establish a timeline for publishing tha

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of services to meet the needs of their local populations, including services for non-hearing children. NHS England supports ICBs to make informed decisions about the provisi...

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