| Heading: |
Earwax: Health Services |
| Question ID: |
1789337 |
| UIN: |
41964 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5040 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Liz Jarvis
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| Asking Member handle: |
lizjarvisuk
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@lizjarvisuk
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support integrated care boards to offer ear wax removal services for patients when the ear wax is contributing to (a) hearing loss and (b) other symptoms. |
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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 services for ear wax removal.Manual ear syringing is no longer advised by t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |