Rationing of Hearing Aids Challenged

08 November 2016

On 1 October 2015 North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) brought into force its policy to end hearing aid provision for people with mild hearing loss and to severely restrict access to hearing aids for people with moderate hearing loss, becoming the first ever area in England to ration free NHS hearing aids since the inception of the NHS.

New NHS England Commissioning Framework for Hearing Loss services welcomed by Alliance

27 July 2016

The new National Commissioning Framework for Hearing Loss Services was launched by NHS England's Chief Scientific Officer for England, Professor Sue Hill OBE, at the House of Commons on Tuesday 19th of July.

King’s Fund event examines improvements in hearing services

01 June 2016

The Hearing Loss and Deafness Alliance is hosting a workshop at The King's Fund at 8.45am on 22 June to share the forthcoming NHS England Commissioning Framework for adult hearing services and to discuss how NHS hearing services have started to tackle unmet need, improve quality and increase cost-effectiveness through outcomes-based commissioning and innovation.

Alliance calls for adult hearing screening

23 May 2016

The Hearing Loss and Deafness Alliance has called on the National Screening Committee to recommend that everyone should be screened for hearing loss as they get older.

Implementing the Government’s Action Plan on Hearing Loss

23 May 2016

The Alliance has worked with NHS England to develop the Action Plan on Hearing Loss which establishes a plan for addressing hearing loss and deafness across Government Departments and wider.