Written questions

Earwax: West Midlands

Commons · Question 48088 · Tabled 25 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 May 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Birmingham and Solihull integrated care board on access to ear wax removal services in the context of their decision to commission self-referral community au

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 May 2025

The Department has not engaged with the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) directly on this point, but it is supportive of the ICB’s work to improve access to community-based services. All ICBs have a statutory responsibility to commissio...