Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to prioritise primary care audiology.
NHS Audiology services are locally commissioned, and the responsibility for prioritising primary care audiology lies with local National Health Service commissioners.
NHS England is supporting the integrated care boards to make informed decisions about the provision of audiology services so that they can provide consistent, high quality, and integrated care.