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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

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

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

76384

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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 he has made of progress by the NHS in making available to patients new types of bone-anchored hearing aid.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	204558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England commissions bone anchored hearing aids for patients with hearing loss as set out in itsclinical commissioning policy<em> Bone Anchored Hearing Aids</em>,published inApril 2013<em>. </em>This national commissioning policy ensures equity of access for patients in England, subject to them meeting the necessary criteria. The commissioning policy can be viewed on the NHS England website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/d09-p-a.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 14/07/2014 09:59:55 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

62326

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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, whether he plans to reduce funding for hearing aids in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	201030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The level of provision of hearing aids is a matter for local commissioners and is based on the needs of the local population.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/06/2014 14:14:54 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

62329

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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 much the NHS spent on hearing aids in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	201029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on National Health Service expenditure on hearing aids is not collected centrally. However, reference costs, which are the unit costs to NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients, provide some information which is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated cost to NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts of hearing aid provision, 2008-09 to 2012-13, £ million</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Hearing aid costs</p></td><td><p>Associated hearing aid costs</p></td><td><p>Cochlear implants and bone anchored hearing aids</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>60.7</p></td><td><p>89.0</p></td><td><p>18.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>57.7</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>55.8</p></td><td><p>103.2</p></td><td><p>19.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>62.1</p></td><td><p>118.5</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>62.7</p></td><td><p>127.6</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>Reference Costs, Department of Health</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1. Hearing aid costs are the actual costs of the hearing aids excluding other associated costs.</p><p>2. Associated hearing aid costs include assessment, fitting, follow-up and aftercare.</p><p>3. Reference costs are submitted on a fully absorbed basis, which means that all the costs of running the organisation are included in the return except where their exclusion is permitted.</p><p>4. Some relevant costs may be excluded. For example, maintenance and reprogramming costs for cochlear implants and bone anchored hearing aid costs were excluded from reference costs for these years.</p><p>5. The supply and fitting of hearing aids is also commissioned from the independent sector, and this expenditure is not reflected in the table.</p><p>6. 2012-13 is the latest year for which reference costs data are available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/06/2014 14:23:22 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon