Scrivens extends hearing service apprenticeship scheme

Scrivens Hearing Care has extended its apprenticeship scheme for trainee hearing aid dispensers following success with its NHS service.

The company, which has been offering NHS hearing services in addition to its eye care for the last 18 months, said it was taking on 11 trainees. A total of 88 of Scrivens’ 171 branches have now been granted the NHS status, with five more proposed.

Trainees would complete a Hearing Aid Audiology two year foundation degree run by Aston University, which provided the minimum entry requirement to register as set by the Health and Care Professions Council.