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Hearing Impairment: Health Services

Asked by Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 July 2025UIN 61322

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to prioritise primary care audiology.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

NHS Audiology services are locally commissioned, and the responsibility for prioritising primary care audiology lies with local National Health Service commissioners.

NHS England is supporting the integrated care boards to make informed decisions about the provision of audiology services so that they can provide consistent, high quality, and integrated care.

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