Posted: July 16th, 2008, 8:59pm UTC
It appears that the Hearing Aid Council is being abolished next year, and its work merged with the Health Professions Council.
The Hearing Aid Council describes itself as:
We are the Government body that regulates the private hearing aid market. To sell a hearing aid in the UK you must be registered with us and meet our standards of education, training and conduct. You can complain to us if you are worried someone may not meet our standards or is selling hearing aids illegally.
With the HPC describing itself as:
We are a regulator, and we were set up to protect the public. To do this, we keep a register of health professionals who meet ...