FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS MARCH 2015 Request Response FOI 252/2015 RECEIVED 2 MARCH 2015 Did your Clinical Commissioning Group provide free hearing – aids for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss in 2013/14 and 2014/15, and is it planning to provide them in 2015/16? Yes . Did your Clinical Commissioning Group provide free hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss How much has your Clinical Commissioning Group spent on in 2013/14 and 2014/15, and is it planning to provide hearing aids and other NHS audiology services in 2013/14 and them in 2015/16? 2014/15, and how much are you planning to spend on it in 2015/16? 2. How much has your Clinical Commissioning Group spent on hearing aids and other NHS audiology services in 2013/14 and 2014/15, and how much are you planning to spend on it in 2015/16? 3. How many a) digital and b) analogue NHS hearing aids have been fitted in your Clinical Commissioning Group in 2013/14 and 2014/15 (to date)? Please note that the 13/14 figures are actuals but the 14/15 figures are Forecast Outturn (as we do not have the March 4. How many people have been fitted with just one (and figures in yet) and the 15/16 contracts are still being negotiated not two) hearing aids in your Clinical Commissioning and therefore I am unable to provide these figures. Group in 2013/14 and 2014/15 (to date)? 3. How many a) digital and b) analogue NHS hearing aids 5. What was the median waiting time between GP have been fitted in your Clinical Commissioning Group in referral and the fitting of a hearing aid in 2013/14 and 2013/14 and 2014/15 (to date)? The CCG does not hold this 2014/15 (to date) in working days? information, this information is held by the service provider.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS MARCH 2015 Request Response FOI 252/2015 – RECEIVED 2 MARCH 2015 . Did your Clinical Commissioning Group provide free hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss in 2013/14 and 2014/15, and is it planning to provide them in 2015/16? 2. How much has your Clinical Commissioning Group spent on hearing aids and other NHS audiology services in 2013/14 and 2014/15, and how much are you planning to spend on it in 2015/16? 3. How many a) digital and b) analogue NHS hearing aids have been fitted in your Clinical Commissioning Group in 2013/14 and 2014/15 (to date)? 4. How many people have been fitted with just one (and not two) hearing aids in your Clinical Commissioning Group in 2013/14 and 2014/15 (to date)? 5. What was the median waiting time between GP referral and the fitting of a hearing aid in 2013/14 and 2014/15 (to date) in working days? Did your Clinical Commissioning Group provide free hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss in 2013/14 and 2014/15, and is it planning to provide them in 2015/16? Yes How much has your Clinical Commissioning Group spent on hearing aids and other NHS audiology services in 2013/14 and 2014/15, and how much are you planning to spend on it in 2015/16? Please note that the 13/14 figures are actuals but the 14/15 figures are Forecast Outturn (as we do not have the March figures in yet) and the 15/16 contracts are still being negotiated and therefore I am unable to provide these figures. 3. How many a) digital and b) analogue NHS hearing aids have been fitted in your Clinical Commissioning Group in 2013/14 and 2014/15 (to date)? The CCG does not hold this information, this information is held by the service provider.
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