Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of surgically implanted glucose sensors as a method for controlling Type 1 diabetes.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not undertaken an evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of surgically implanted glucose sensors.

Treatments may be brought into routine use in the National Health Service after their efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness have been appropriately demonstrated. NICE is responsible for assessing new technologies and interventional procedures, as well as producing guidelines for best practice of treatment and care.