Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating Services

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:05 pm on 5 March 2025.

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Photo of Tom Collins Tom Collins Labour, Worcester 7:05, 5 March 2025

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Type 1 diabetes is incredibly demanding to live with. It is a game of numbers, and as such it can be greatly helped by technology, which is developing rapidly. I wish to put on the record how important it is that the Government ensure universal access to such transformative technology for all who are insulin dependent with diabetes. Even if someone’s iPhone can be their pancreas, type 1 diabetes is unique in its constant psychological demands. It invades people’s lives socially as well as practically, with the result that type 1 diabetes combined with disordered eating is a perfect storm. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is important that we provide not just practical but emotional support that is integrated not just around an individual but also the family, to provide for the severe depths of need for this complex condition?