Written questions

Hearing Impairment: Children

Commons · Question 108181 · Tabled 26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Sharon Hodgson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on developing national guidance for Auditory Verbal therapy for deaf children since March 2025; and whether he plans to establish a timeline for publishing tha

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 13 Feb 2026

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of services to meet the needs of their local populations, including services for non-hearing children. NHS England supports ICBs to make informed decisions about the provisi...