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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1129836/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>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><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4511", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971687", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971687/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971688/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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