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Audiology: Staff

Asked by Layla MoranLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 31083

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of certified Auditory Verbal Therapists.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Audiology services in the National Health Service, including provision of therapies for children with hearing loss, are locally commissioned.

In summer 2025, we will publish a refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade and treat patients on time again.

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