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1143434

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase uptake of NHS hearing services.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	285014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) together with their local providers are responsible to ensure there are clearly defined referral arrangements in place to facilitate timely access to regular and specialist services when required. The Commissioning Framework for Hearing Loss is guidance for organisations responsible for planning and commissioning local hearing services for deaf people, published in 2016 by NHS England. The Framework offers guidance and models of care that commissioners may utilise to support local needs.</p><p>The Action Plan on Hearing Loss, published in March 2015, was developed with input from the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, Public Health England, other Government Departments, key stakeholders across the voluntary, professional and private sectors and people with hearing loss. The aim of the Plan is to deliver improved hearing outcomes and support for individuals, and it sets out key objectives including improving prevention, early diagnosis, maximising independence, and enabling people to take part in everyday activities, like going to work.</p><p>In July 2019, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published a quality standard for adult-onset hearing loss. This will support CCGs to improve the commissioning of services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/09/2019 12:14:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1129836

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the recommendation of Action on Hearing Loss in its report on valuing audiology that clinical commissioning groups should be required to collect uniform data in the audiology departments they commission.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	260081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for audiology data collection rests with individual National Health Service trusts. NHS England’s commissioning framework does however include recommended key performance indicators that can support clinical commissioning groups to incorporate quality management in their contracts. For audiology services this includes recommendations that 90% of service users referred to the service should be assessed within 16 working days of receipt of a referral, and that 90% of service users requiring a hearing aid fitting should be seen within 20 working days of the assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/06/2019 10:35:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

971687

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on audiology services (a) nationally and (b) by each clinical commissioning group in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	173502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Total spend on audiology services in £ million</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admitted Patient Care</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td><td><p>124.5</p></td><td><p>161.8</p></td><td><p>163.5</p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td><td><p>32.0</p></td><td><p>36.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Health Services</p></td><td><p>208.5</p></td><td><p>172.9</p></td><td><p>193.5</p></td><td><p>201.0</p></td><td><p>196.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>255.5</p></td><td><p>328.2</p></td><td><p>379.5</p></td><td><p>396.5</p></td><td><p>385.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 173501 173503 question first answered 17/09/2018 13:24:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

971688

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the projected spend on audiology services is (a) this year and (b) next year, broken down (i) nationally and (ii) by clinical commissioning group.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	173503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Total spend on audiology services in £ million</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admitted Patient Care</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td><td><p>124.5</p></td><td><p>161.8</p></td><td><p>163.5</p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td><td><p>32.0</p></td><td><p>36.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Health Services</p></td><td><p>208.5</p></td><td><p>172.9</p></td><td><p>193.5</p></td><td><p>201.0</p></td><td><p>196.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>255.5</p></td><td><p>328.2</p></td><td><p>379.5</p></td><td><p>396.5</p></td><td><p>385.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 173501 173502 question first answered 17/09/2018 13:24:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

637142

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS Trusts that provide both adult and paediatric audiology services have received accreditation for their adult service alone.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	53098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>NHS England does not hold information on which NHS trusts provide both adult and paediatric audiology services.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1 November 2016, NHS trusts with Improving Quality in Physiological Services accreditation of adult audiology services are:</p><p> </p><p>- Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Royal Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</p><p>- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p> </p><p>As of 1 November 2016, the following NHS trusts have gained accreditation for paediatric audiology services:</p><p> </p><p>- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust</p><p>- Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- University Hospitals South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust</p><p>- Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust</p><p>- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust</p><p>- Hearing Services - Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p> </p><p>In addition Chime Social Enterprise Community Interest Company, as a significant NHS provider, has gained accreditation for paediatric audiology services.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 53099 question first answered 22/11/2016 16:30:40 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

595726

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to introduce mandatory accreditation of audiology services in England.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	47535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Comprehensive data on the number of audiology services in England is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has no current plans to introduce financial incentives for the achievement of Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1 September, there are 39 organisations with IQIPS accreditation for audiology, covering 28 adult and 21 paediatric audiology services. If an organisation is accredited for both adult and paediatric audiology, United Kingdom Accreditation Service considers that one accreditation.</p><p> </p><p>In Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss: A framework for clinical commissioning groups, published in July, NHS England strongly encourages clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to expect providers to have completed the IQIPS self-assessment tool and applied for accreditation with UKAS, and achieve accreditation within the duration of their contract. This is reflected in the model service specification for adults.</p><p> </p><p>In the contract for Genomics Medicines Centres, Annex M requires National Health Service trusts nominated as Lead Organisations and Local Delivery Partners to be working towards diagnostic accreditation across all available schemes, including IQIPS.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also working with the Care Quality Commission to agree the use of scientific and diagnostic schemes as an information source for inspection purposes, as set out in their latest strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We currently have no plans to introduce mandatory accreditation of audiology services in England.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 47464 47533 47534 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:08:37 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

595734

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many audiology services there are in England.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	47464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Comprehensive data on the number of audiology services in England is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has no current plans to introduce financial incentives for the achievement of Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1 September, there are 39 organisations with IQIPS accreditation for audiology, covering 28 adult and 21 paediatric audiology services. If an organisation is accredited for both adult and paediatric audiology, United Kingdom Accreditation Service considers that one accreditation.</p><p> </p><p>In Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss: A framework for clinical commissioning groups, published in July, NHS England strongly encourages clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to expect providers to have completed the IQIPS self-assessment tool and applied for accreditation with UKAS, and achieve accreditation within the duration of their contract. This is reflected in the model service specification for adults.</p><p> </p><p>In the contract for Genomics Medicines Centres, Annex M requires National Health Service trusts nominated as Lead Organisations and Local Delivery Partners to be working towards diagnostic accreditation across all available schemes, including IQIPS.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also working with the Care Quality Commission to agree the use of scientific and diagnostic schemes as an information source for inspection purposes, as set out in their latest strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We currently have no plans to introduce mandatory accreditation of audiology services in England.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 47533 47534 47535 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:08:37 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick