Hearing Impairment: Children

(asked on 1st November 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support his Department makes available to support children with hearing difficulties.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 7th November 2018

NHS England commissions some services for children with hearing loss as identified in ‘Commissioning Intentions 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 For Prescribed Specialised Services’. These include provision of cochlear implants, bone conduction hearing aids and mental health services.

Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning other hearing loss services for their local populations. As with other services which CCGs commission, they should take into consideration assessments of local need and any relevant guidance.

‘Commissioning services for people with hearing loss: A framework for clinical commissioning groups’, published by NHS England in July 2016, provides guidance to inform and support commissioners when making local decisions.

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