Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to roll out NHS-funded Hybrid Close Loop technology to all Type 1 Diabetics in the UK.

In December 2023, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published the Technology Appraisal guidance, and recommended that the National Health Service in England makes Hybrid Closed Loop (HCL) systems available to eligible adults, and all children and young people, those under 19 years old, with type 1 diabetes. The NICE and NHS England agreed on a phased implementation period for HCL over five-years, and without the usual 90-day funding mandate. This is because of a need to build essential workforce competencies within specialist adult services. The NHS England HCL Implementation Strategy, published in January 2024, set out how local systems can meet the needs of the eligible population living with type 1 diabetes. The initial phase of the roll out of HCL systems started earlier this year, in April 2024. Further information on the HCL Implementation Strategy is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/hybrid-closed-loop-technologies-5-year-implementation-strategy/