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This model can easily be replicated across the UK.
Accordingly, as the Association for Primary Care
Audiology Providers, we will:
• Continue to call for a universally accessible adult hearing
assessment and hearing aid service based on the NHS
principles of clinical need, not the ability to pay

• Continue to advocate for NHS patients to have the same
rights to self-refer to audiology as patients with the ability
to pay – just as they do across the rest of primary care

• Continue to raise awareness of adult hearing loss, its
impacts and the evidenced benefits of early diagnosis
and support
• Support governments, regulators and commissioners
with evidence to support service change in the
public interest.

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