§ Mr. Tinnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the 153W current waiting period for the issue of bone conductor type hearing aids at each of the centres in the Northern Region.
§ Mr. AlisonThere is currently an acute shortage of bone conduction hearing aids and waiting periods throughout the United Kingdom, including the Northern Region, are unlikely to be less than 2 months and sometimes substantially longer. Production difficulties have not yet been finally overcome, but an additional source of supply which has been arranged should lead to an improvement.