Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking in respect of audiology services that have not been accredited to provide paediatric audiology services under the Improving Quality in Physiological Services programme.

NHS England have stated that the Improving Quality in Physiological Services programme run jointly by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service and Royal College of Physicians is raising the profile of accreditation schemes for physiological diagnostic services. A mapping exercise is underway to identify those services which are accredited or working towards accreditation which is an integral improvement step on the pathway to full accreditation. To date, audiology services are making good progress towards accreditation.