| Heading: |
Earwax: Community Health Services |
| Question ID: |
1788451 |
| UIN: |
41325 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5263 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alex Brewer
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Alex Brewer
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS Integrated Care Boards provide community-based ear wax removal services. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-04 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to commission cost-effective healthcare to meet the needs of their local population. This includes the arrangement of ear wax removal services.Manual ear syringing is no longer advised by the N... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |