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798642

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been supplied with hearing aids by (a) age group and (b) gender, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	117036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Information is not collected centrally on the age or gender of people prescribed hearing aids. In 2016, a total of 1,373,444 hearing aids were prescribed by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows data on hearing aids provided in the last four years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Increase 2014-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total NHS</p></td><td><p>1,265,761</p></td><td><p>1,310,761</p></td><td><p>1,373,444</p></td><td><p>1,362,651</p></td><td><p>7.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Private</p></td><td><p>256,673</p></td><td><p>275,449</p></td><td><p>297,449</p></td><td><p>307,171</p></td><td><p>19.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p><sup> </sup></p><p><sup>1</sup>Figures up to September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/12/2017 17:57:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

793026

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the new carina hearing device to be available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The carina hearing device is a cochlear implant which is currently available through the National Health Service. It is only considered to be suitable for a small number of patients, and is available through a number of auditory implant centres including Oxford, Sheffield and Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS England Specialised Ear Surgery and Ophthalmology service specification covers cochlear implants and implantable devices:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d06/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d06/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/11/2017 17:12:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

690346

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure provision of hearing aids for people with mild-to-moderate hearing loss on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	64211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss within their local population. As with other services which CCGs commission, they should take into consideration assessments of local need and any relevant guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Commissioning services for people with hearing loss: A framework for clinical commissioning groups, published by NHS England in July 2016, provides guidance to inform and support commissioners when making local decisions.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s ongoing engagement with commissioners and stakeholders within the hearing loss community will help to ensure that CCGs are commissioning high quality and cost effective hearing loss services that achieve the best possible outcomes for patients.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England does not hold the information requested centrally.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 64212 question first answered 22/02/2017 09:54:53 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

690349

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he holds on the number of clinical commissioning groups which are considering further restrictions on access to hearing aids; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	64212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss within their local population. As with other services which CCGs commission, they should take into consideration assessments of local need and any relevant guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Commissioning services for people with hearing loss: A framework for clinical commissioning groups, published by NHS England in July 2016, provides guidance to inform and support commissioners when making local decisions.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s ongoing engagement with commissioners and stakeholders within the hearing loss community will help to ensure that CCGs are commissioning high quality and cost effective hearing loss services that achieve the best possible outcomes for patients.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England does not hold the information requested centrally.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 64211 question first answered 22/02/2017 09:54:53 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

455939

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of research presented to the American Academy for the Advancement of Science concerning the impact of hearing loss on the development of dementia, they will instruct Clinical Commissioning Groups to stop restricting access to hearing aids.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not issue advice to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on hearing aid provision. CCGs are responsible for the provision of conventional hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss within their local population. As with other services CCGs commission, they should take into consideration assessments of local need and any relevant clinical guidance from appropriate national bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 14/03/2016 12:35:38 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

436277

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects transfer devices that enable people with single-sided deafness to hear sounds from their deaf ear in their other ear to be available through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of people with single-sided deafness is not available in the format requested. However, the following table shows the number of patients admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of single-sided deafness in the last five years in England.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2010 - 2011</p></td><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>2012 – 2013</p></td><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>2014 - 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>332</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This data may include the same person being admitted to hospital on more than one occasion and the data excludes diagnoses that were made outside of secondary care.</p><br /><p>The Action Plan on Hearing Loss was jointly published in March 2015 by the Department and NHS England. It sets out the case for taking action on the rising prevalence and personal, social and economic costs of uncorrected hearing loss and the variation in access and quality of services experienced by people with hearing loss.</p><br /><p>Transfer devices are available through the NHS. NHS England is developing commissioning guidance on the provision of hearing loss services, as part of its commitments in the Action Plan on Hearing Loss. The guidance will support clinical commissioning groups when making local decisions and help improve equality of access and patient experience.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 19103 question first answered 14/12/2015 15:19:17 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

422648

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations contained in the report from the Ear Foundation entitled Bending the Spend, published in October 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	12559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department in conjunction with NHS England jointly published the Action Plan on Hearing Loss in March 2015. The Action Plan sets out the case for action to tackle the rising prevalence and personal, social and economic costs of uncorrected hearing loss and the variation in access and quality of service.</p><p>The areas highlighted within the Bending the Spend report concur with and further strengthen those in the Action Plan. This includes the need to assess strategies for the earlier identification and management of hearing loss and the development of commissioning guidance to underpin the Action Plan, which NHS England will co-produce with stakeholders such as the Ear Foundation.</p><br /><p>A Cross System Oversight Group had its first meeting on 14 October 2015. This will not only review and monitor progress of the implementation of the Action Plan, but will also provide a forum for government departments, arm’s length bodies and stakeholders within the hearing loss community to engage with each other to ensure connections are made and maintained across the system.</p><br /><p>Membership of this group includes the Hearing Loss and Deafness Alliance of which the Ear Foundation is a member.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/10/2015 17:26:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

346977

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of hearing aids.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	56
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for the provision of conventional hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss within their local population. As with other services CCGs commission, they should take into consideration assessments of local need and any relevant clinical guidance from appropriate national bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/06/2015 11:12:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

229130

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults in each region of England were fitted with cochlear hearing aids in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	228773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested. Since data for local area teams is not available prior to 2010-11 we have only provided a four year time series for this data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have provided a count of finished consultant episodes (FCE) with a primary or secondary operative procedure of 'cochlear implant' for children (0-17) and adults (18+) by NHS England local area team from 2010-11 to 2013-14. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year. This information has been attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data concerning the number of NHS patients who have had a hearing test in an audiology clinic, an ear, nose and throat clinic of an audiology department at a local hospital in each of the last five years is not collected. The vast majority of this activity is provided as outpatient care where the recording of procedure and intervention data is not mandated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table we have provided information concerning the number of FCEs with a main or secondary procedure of the fitting of a bone anchored hearing aid for children aged 0-17 and adults aged 18 and over, 2009-10 to 2013-144.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-17</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18+</p></td><td><p>916</p></td><td><p>957</p></td><td><p>1,011</p></td><td><p>917</p></td><td><p>1,111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. ‘–‘ in the table represents no available data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. An FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. <br></p><p> </p><p>3. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. HES figures includes activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 228769 228772 question first answered 26/03/2015 12:14:24 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ228773.xlsx title Finished consultant episodes of cochlear implants
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

229136

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults in England were fitted with bone anchored hearing aids in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	228772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested. Since data for local area teams is not available prior to 2010-11 we have only provided a four year time series for this data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have provided a count of finished consultant episodes (FCE) with a primary or secondary operative procedure of 'cochlear implant' for children (0-17) and adults (18+) by NHS England local area team from 2010-11 to 2013-14. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year. This information has been attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data concerning the number of NHS patients who have had a hearing test in an audiology clinic, an ear, nose and throat clinic of an audiology department at a local hospital in each of the last five years is not collected. The vast majority of this activity is provided as outpatient care where the recording of procedure and intervention data is not mandated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table we have provided information concerning the number of FCEs with a main or secondary procedure of the fitting of a bone anchored hearing aid for children aged 0-17 and adults aged 18 and over, 2009-10 to 2013-144.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-17</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18+</p></td><td><p>916</p></td><td><p>957</p></td><td><p>1,011</p></td><td><p>917</p></td><td><p>1,111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. ‘–‘ in the table represents no available data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. An FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. <br></p><p> </p><p>3. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. HES figures includes activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 228769 228773 question first answered 26/03/2015 12:14:25 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ228773.xlsx title Finished consultant episodes of cochlear implants
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed