Each NHS board area has its own programme for modernisation and has therefore reached a different stage in the modernisation process.The Executive is currently setting up a mechanism for gathering information from audiology departments and it is proposed that this information, which will include details on the provision of digital hearing aids, will be published when the process has been established.The Executive’s target is that NHSScotland should be in a position to dispense digital hearing aids in all cases where they represent the most clinically effective option by the end of March...