Digital Hearing Aids Mr. Hunter To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts have fitted digital hearing aids; and how many they have fitted. [112429] Jacqui Smith The table shows those national health service trusts and primary care trusts that have fitted digital hearing aids as part of the modernising hearing aid services (MHAS) project, along with the sites where -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Modernised Sites | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Addenbroke's NHS Trust |Addenbrooke's Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust |Oldchurch Hospital |Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barking and Dagenham PCT |Vicarage Fields Health Centre |Child | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust |Basildon and Thurrock Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust |Birmingham Children's Hospital |Child | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bolton Primary Care NHS Trust |Royal Bolton Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bournemouth Primary Care Trust |Boscombe Community Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust |Bradford Royal Infirmary |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brighton Health Care NHS Trust |Royal Sussex County Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust|Manchester Royal Infirmary |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Central Manchester PCT |Moss Side Health Centre |Child | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust |Sunderland Royal Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust |Countess of Chester Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Croydon PCT |Crystal Centre, Croydon |Child | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Cheshire NHS Trust |Macclesfield District General Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust |Conquest Hospital/ Princess Alice Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust |Essex County Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |George Elliot Hospital NHS Trust |George Elliot Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust |Gloucestershire Royal Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust |Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children |Child | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust |Charing Cross Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust |James Paget Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |Leeds General Infirmary |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust |Mayday University Hospital |Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mid Cheshire Healthcare NHS Trust |Leighton Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Morecombe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust |Westmorland General Hospital |Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust |North Hampshire Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Devon NHS Healthcare Trust |North Devon District Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust |Edith Cavell Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Queens Medical Centre Nottingham University NHS Trust |Queens Medical Centre |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rochdale NHS Trust |Birch Hill Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Berkshire And Battle Hospitals NHS Trust |Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust |Royal Cornwall Hospital |Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust |Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust |Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital|Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust |Royal Free Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust |Royal Liverpool University Hospital |Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal Hospitals |Royal Shrewsbury Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust |Royal United Hospital Bath |Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Salford Primary Care NHS Trust |Hope Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust |City Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Trust |Sheffield Children's Hospital |Child | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust |King's Mill Centre |Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust |King's Mill Centre |Child | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust |Royal South Hants Hospital |Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust |Princess Margaret Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust |Trafford General Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust |Hearing Assessment Centre for Children |Child | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust (Child) |Bristol Children's Hospital |Child | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust |Selly Oak Hospital |Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust |Leicester Royal Infirmary |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust |Dorset County Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust |Hurst Road Health Centre |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust |Royal Hampshire County Hospital |Adult | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Windsor and Maidenhead PCT |King Edward VII Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wirral Hospital NHS Trust |Arrowe Park Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wolverhampton Health Care NHS Trust |West Park Rehabilitation Hospital |Adult/Child| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust |Thomas Linacre Centre |Child | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the aids are fitted. It is not possible to provide a detailed breakdown of the number of aids fitted at each site but a total of 83,397 digital hearing aids, including about 1,600 children's hearing aids, were fitted as part of the MHAS project by the end of April 2003. In addition, a number of sites have applied for access to the Purchasing and Supply Agency's contracts for digital hearing aids outside the project. Information is not held centrally regarding the number of digital aids fitted outside the MHAS programme.