Press coverage of the NHS Lothian child audiology scandal
Child A : the case that started it all off May 2021 Edinburgh Evening News 20.5.21
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- 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. 10.1.21 Scottish Daily Mail
- NHS Lothian’s deaf kids scandal could result in ‘biggest malpractice’ court case in legal history. 11.1.21 Daily Record
- 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
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