| Heading: |
Earwax: Medical Treatments |
| Question ID: |
1759158 |
| UIN: |
26761 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5171 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Julia Buckley
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| Asking Member handle: |
JBuckleyLabour
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JBuckleyLabour
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of preventative impact of ear wax removal on the NHS for children presenting with hearing loss. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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: |
In line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance, an adult or child may require ear wax removal treatment if the build-up of earwax is linked with hearing loss. A general practice could then consider referring the patient int... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |