Insulin

Health written question – answered at on 12 November 2013.

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Photo of Jeremy Lefroy Jeremy Lefroy Conservative, Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to monitor access to insulin pump therapy in (a) Stafford and (b) England.

Photo of Jane Ellison Jane Ellison The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

The Department does not monitor access to insulin pump therapy and does not hold this information centrally.

It is for NHS England to ensure that commissioners and providers make insulin pumps available for those people with diabetes that meet the criteria recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

The first ever United Kingdom-wide audit of insulin pump use was sponsored by the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, Diabetes UK and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation with support from NICE. It involves the participation of 97% of hospital trusts that provide insulin pump services.

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