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Earwax: Medical Treatments

Asked by Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 38296

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support ICBs to offer community wax removal services to people requiring them.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department does not have plans to intervene in locally led arrangements for the provision of ear wax removal services. Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning ear wax removal services in local areas in line with the recommendations for ear wax removal as set out in guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, which is available at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98/chapter/Recommendations

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