Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 116807

Hearing Impairment: Health Services

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage people to seek help in the early stages of hearing loss.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
National Health Service audiology services are locally commissioned, and the responsibility for meeting the needs of non-hearing people lies with local NHS commissioners.We expect local commissioning to be informed by the best available evidence, relevant...

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