North Staffordshire clinical commissioning group takes unprecedented step of refusing to give devices to mainly elderly patients wih mild hearing lossThe NHS will start denying people with hearing problems access to hearing aids for the first time from Thursday in a controversial bound that critics claim will worsen sufferers’ social isolation.
The GP-led NHS clinical commissioning group in North Staffordshire is taking the unprecedented step of ceasing to supply free hearing aids to mainly elderly people in its area with mild hearing loss. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com