News coverage of the NHS Lothian child audiology scandal
Investigation Report, Lothian NHS Board. Scottish Public Services Ombudsman. 19.5.21
Child A : the case that started it all off May 2021 Edinburgh Evening News 20.5.21
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- NHS Lothian ‘sorry’ for failing to diagnose child’s hearing loss for six years. 20.5.21. Edinburgh Live
- NHS Lothian criticised over late diagnosis of deaf children. 9.12.21 Safeguarding and child protection association
- What’s happening with NHS Lothian? 9.12.21 National Deaf Children’s Society
- NHS Lothian criticised over late diagnosis of deaf children. 9.12.21 BBC website
- Scots health board branded ‘horrendous’ over failure to properly identify children as deaf. 9.12.21 Daily Record
- NHS test failures leave 155 children with hearing difficulties. 9.12.21 STV news
- “Horrendous” children’s audiology failings at NHS Lothian. 10.12.21 National Deaf Children’s Society website.
- How deaf children were condemned to world of silence by NHS failures. 10.12.21 Scottish Daily Mail
- NHS Lothian Audiology Report. 15.12.21 Scottish Parliament.
- NHS Lothian’s deaf kids scandal could result in ‘biggest malpractice’ court case in legal history. 11.1.21 Daily Record
- MSP Sue Webber asks question in Scottish Parliament. 16.12.21
- Deaf children were betrayed by repeated failings at NHS Lothian. 16.12.21 The Herald
- Hearing services review after ‘horrendous’ NHS Lothian errors. 21.1.22. BBC website.
- Scottish Government review launched into audiology services across Scotland. 22.1.22 Edinburgh Evening News
- Parents sue over failures in child hearing service at NHS Lothian. BBC Scotland online. 2.3.22
- Parents sue after test failures leave children with hearing difficulties. 2.3.22 STV News
- Chair appointed to audiology review group. 11.3.22 Scottish Government
- New chair to lead NHS review after child hearing failures. 11.3.22 STV News Edinburgh & East
- MSP Jackie Baillie’s question in parliament answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health social care, Humza Yousaf 1.6.22 Scottish Parliament.
- My son is profoundly deaf – but still passed a hearing test. 8.6.22 BBC news website
- Expert warns of hearing-loss diagnosis ’emergency situation’ in Lothian. 23.6.22 BBC news website.
- ’Far greater number’ of children affected by hearing test failures. 23.6.22 STV news website
- MUM’S AGONY: I’ll never hear my son say ‘I love you’ after medics failed to diagnose him as deaf. 30.10.22 Scottish Sun
- Mum blames NHS failures for son’s inability to speak. 31.10.22 Scottish Daily Express.
- Ensuring that Lothian Late-diagnosed Deaf Children Get the Support That They Need. 15.3.23. Motion in Scottish Parliament.
- I had to beg for hearing tests. 3.6.23. The Times.
- Audiology Scandal: We must not fail these children twice. 7.6.23. North Edinburgh News.
- Scottish Parliamentary debate. Late diagnosed deaf children. 8.6.23
- Lessons must be learnt from NHS Lothian’s Paediatric Audiology failings. 22.6.23. Midlothian View
- NHS may have missed thousands of children in ‘huge national failure’. 25.6.23. The Times.
- Report paints a deeply concerning picture of the state of audiology in Scotland. 25.8.23. NDCS
- Multiple failures in Scotland’s audiology services, report finds. 25.8.23 BBC
- Independent review into audiology failings in Scotland. 25.8.23. British Academy of Audiology.
- Scandal, blunders and apologies: How NHS Audiology let patients down. 30.8.23. The Herald
- Scotland’s audiology services are failing children. 4.10.23. Lexology
- Families of children affected by major failings within NHS Lothian’s audiology service accuse authority of a cover-up after delays to publication of audit into the scandal. 5.11.23. Sunday Post
- The National Audiology Review: Is Scotland failing deaf children? 6.11.23. Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland.
- Getting better: NHS Audiology moved to Stage 2 for Paediatric Audiology. 6.11.23. North Edinburgh News
- NHS Lothian Audiology Services in crisis – Miles Briggs. 10.11.23. Edinburgh Evening News.
- Scottish review of audiology services welcomed. 15.12.23 National Deaf Children’s Society
- Kirsten Abioye: Why I’m part of the ‘Families failed by Lothian Audiology Action Group’ 30.1.24 Limping Chicken.
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Sign language plan delayed by council ‘won’t meet children’s needs’, say parents. 29.5.24. STV News
- Audiologist at centre of ‘biggest health scandal’ tried to step down before being struck off register. 16.6.24. Sunday Post
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