Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 24 November 2025.
Jim Shannon
DUP, Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received cochlear implants aged under 18 in each of the last 3 years.
Jim Shannon
DUP, Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received cochlear implants aged over 18 in each of the last 3 years.
Jim Shannon
DUP, Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults have received cochlear implants in each of the last 3 years.
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department does not hold data on the number of people aged under or over 18 years old who have received cochlear implants in the last three years. However, the Hospital Episode Statistics provide a count of finished consultant episodes where there was any procedure of “cochlear implant”. The following table shows the count of finished consultant episodes where there was any procedure of “cochlear implant” for 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25, broken down by age group:
Age group | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Zero to 17 year olds | 444 | 455 | 469 |
18 and over | 767 | 923 | 889 |
Unknown | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Total | 1,216 | 1,383 | 1,363 |
This data reflects the number of procedures, as individuals may have multiple admissions for the same procedure within a given period.
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