Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using artificial pancreas to improve outcomes for people with Type 1 Diabetes.
The National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre in Cambridge is pioneering the development and use of the ‘artificial pancreas,’ a portable medical device that replaces the missing insulin in the body, reducing the risk of hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar). The prototype system is currently being tested by people in their own homes.