United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 41964
Earwax: Medical Treatments
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27 March 2025
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4 April 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support integrated care boards to offer ear wax removal services for patients when the ear wax is contributing to (a) hearing loss and (b) other symptoms.
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27 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support integrated care boards to offer ear wax removal services for patients when the ear wax is contributing to (a) hearing loss and (b) other symptoms.
Source: Commons
4 April 2025
Answer
Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to commission cost-effective healthcare to meet the needs of their local population. This includes the arrangement of services for ear wax removal.Manual ear syringing is no longer advised by t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-27/41964
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1789337
- uk · wq-1789337 · source updated 4 April 2025