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...