Hearing Aids
(asked on 21st November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the new carina hearing device to be available on the NHS.
This question was answered on 29th November 2017
The carina hearing device is a cochlear implant which is currently available through the National Health Service. It is only considered to be suitable for a small number of patients, and is available through a number of auditory implant centres including Oxford, Sheffield and Cambridge.
The NHS England Specialised Ear Surgery and Ophthalmology service specification covers cochlear implants and implantable devices:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d06/