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Hearing Aids: Batteries

Commons · Question 13155 · Tabled 6 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Claire Young

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the yearly cost to the NHS is of the provision of replacement hearing aid batteries.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 12 Nov 2024

In terms of the Department’s policy on rechargeable hearing aids on the National Health Service, audiology services are locally commissioned and as such the responsibility for meeting the needs of non-hearing adults lies with local NHS commissioners. In J...