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How many digital hearing aids have been distributed nationwide from National Health Service hearing aids since the digital scheme was announced in February; and what is the estimated number of National Health Service patients with hearing loss who would benefit from a switch from analogue to digital hearing aids; and...

Asked by

Baroness Howe of Idlicote (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 July 2004

Reference

664 c40-1WA; HL 3736;HL 3738;HL 3739;HL 3740;HL 3741

House

House of Lords

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there are for hearing aid technicians in the NHS in England; and how many there were in 2003-04, broken down by region. - Including fact that specific information is not collected on the number of vacancies for hearing aid...

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

8 June 2004

For answer on

14 June 2004

Answered on

14 June 2004

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies there are for hearing aid technicians in the NHS in England; and how many there were in 2003-04, broken down by region. [178425] Mr. Hutton: Specific information is not collected on the number of vacancies for hearing aid technicians; they are included in the physiological measurement staff group. The table shows the number of vacancies lasting three months or more for physiological measurement staff by Government office region as at March 2003. Department of health vacancies survey, March 2003; qualified physiological measurement staff by Government office region; three month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post Qualified physiological measurement _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Three month vacancy Three month vacancy Staff in post Staff in post rate percentage number (whole- time (headcount) March 2003 equivalent) September 2002 -- England 1 9 66 3,526 4,018 A North East 1.6 3 218 236 B North West 1 4 9 707 806 D Yorkshire and the 2.3 9 385 444 Humber E East Midlands 0.3 1 283 319 F West Midlands 0.3 1 397 445 G East Of England 2.2 5 257 289 H London 4.7 21 481 548 J South East 3.1 10 349 415 K South West 1.3 6 449 516 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Three month vacancy information is as at 31 March 2003. 2. Three month vacancies are vacancies which Trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for three months or more (whole-time equivalents). 3. Three month vacancy rates are three month vacancies expressed as a percentage of three month vacancies plus staff in post. 4. Three month vacancy rates are calculated using staff in post from the Vacancy Survey, March 2003. 5. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place. 6. Staff in post data is from the Non-Medical Workforce Census, September 2002 Sources: Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2003. Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census, September 2002.

Date

14 June 2004

Reference

178425; 422 c684-6W

House

House of Commons

Untitled Written question

How long training of audiology technicians lasts & what proportion of this time is spent on work directly relevant to testing hearing for provision of a hearing aid.

Asked by

Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 November 1988

Reference

142 c197W

House

House of Commons

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