Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has requested updated advice from the Medical Advisory Panel on Driving and Visual Disorders on whether or not to allow glucose monitors that measure interstitial fluid rather than blood; and whether his Department has received advice on a minimum accuracy standard for such monitors.

The use of interstitial glucose monitoring systems in the context of driving falls within the remit of Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on Driving and Diabetes Mellitus. The panel has recently considered the use of such technology.

Following the Panel’s review, this matter will be the subject of a targeted consultation with key stakeholders over the summer.