HC Deb 05 November 1993 vol 231 c544W
Ms Coffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many national health service patients attending the audiology department at the Manchester Royal Infirmary were issued last year with commercial hearing aids not available through the national health service, and purchased with national health service funds and the total amount of money paid by patients in extra consultancy charges for this service.

Mr. Bowis

This information is not available centrally.

Ms Coffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of national health service departments of audiology that stopped issuing hearing aids before the end of the year in 1992–93 due to budgetary constraints.

Mr. Bowis

This information is not available centrally.