Page 8 - Primary Care Audiology

Policymakers must strengthen primary
care audiology as the first-line service
from which all other ear and hearing
care services flow – moving to a service
that will allow people to access essential
NHS-funded ear and hearing care close to
home, without the need for a GP referral,
in the same way as their NHS optometrists,
pharmacist, dentist
and GP.
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In primary care audiology, we set out the need and evidence for
change so that governments and health systems in all four nations
can finally fix the structural issues in NHS ear and hearing care and
meet the population’s audiological needs in a sustainable way.

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