Written questions

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...