Written questions

Diabetes: Medical Treatments

Lords · Question HL9908 · Tabled 24 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Aug 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Rennard

To ask His Majesty's Government how they are working with NHS England to ensure equitable access to diabetes innovations, particularly for patients from disadvantaged and ethnic minority backgrounds.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Merron, 5 Aug 2025

NHS England is working at a national level on behalf of the Department as part of a wider equality monitoring review programme. This review is exploring how best to update equality monitoring arrangements, including ethnicity categories, by reference to t...