Audiology: Children
Commons · Question 9231 · Tabled 15 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by James Wild
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate numbers of (a) auditory verbal therapists and (b) other specialist workers for babies, children and young people with speech, language, and co
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 21 Oct 2024
NHS Audiology services, including support for non-hearing children, are locally commissioned, and the responsibility for meeting the needs of non-hearing children lies with local National Health Service commissioners.NHS England is supporting the integrat...