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>
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>
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>
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Responsibility for audiology data collection rests with individual National Health Service trusts. NHS England\u2019s 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>
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