§ Earl Howeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which National Health Service Trusts, outside the 20 NHS Trusts participating in the Modernising NHS Hearing Aid Service project, have been informed that they meet the service criteria for accessing the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency contract for digital hearing aids; and whether they will explain the measures they are taking to provide funding for equipment and staff training to enable more trusts to meet the service criteria. [HL1399]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)Pending the outcome of the "modernising NHS hearing aid services" project, all National Health Service trusts, with the appropriate staff, training, equipment and experience have been informed through a newsletter, that they are eligible to apply for access to the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) contract for digital hearing aids.
The following list gives the names of the NHS trusts which have been informed that they have been given access to the PASA contract for digital hearing aids and training by the project team as at 29 March 2001.
Bolton Hospital NHS Trust
Brighton Health Care NHS Trust
Doncaster Royal Infirmary & Montagu Hospital NHS Trust
Eastbourne Hospitals NHS Trust
Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospital Trust
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
Norfolk & Norwich Health Care NHS Trust
North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust
78WARoyal Devon & Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Southend Hospital NHS Trust
St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust (London)
Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust