However, demand for the services - which will provide state-of-the-art hearing aids and testing equipment in hospitals across Wales - is expected to lead to a rise in waiting times for treatment.

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The organization says more than 90% of the services its clinics provide are for preventative measures aimed towards cancer screenings, birth control and testing for diseases.

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Former Lib Dem care services minister Paul Burstow said existing means-testing arrangements were unduly "harsh" and the changes would provide greater "fairness and predictability".

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