Diabetes: Medical Equipment
Commons · Question 48399 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 May 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with diabetes have access to free blood glucose kits.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 1 May 2025
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the planning and commissioning of diabetes care. If an individual patient is eligible or deemed suitable for flash, specifically Freestyle Libre, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) or hybrid closed loop (...