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UIN 40296

Hearing Impairment: Children

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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21 March 2025

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27 March 2025 · Answer

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27 March 2025

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance to ICBs on providing equality of access to auditory verbal therapy for deaf babies and young children.

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  1. 21 March 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance to ICBs on providing equality of access to auditory verbal therapy for deaf babies and young children.

    Source: Commons

  2. 27 March 2025

    Answer

    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...

    Source: Written answer

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