Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of diabetes clinics provide access to a Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) phone line; and what steps his Department is taking to guarantee access to a DSN phone line to all diabetes patients.

The information requested is not centrally held.

Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning diabetes services and technologies for their local populations including access to diabetes specialist nurse phone lines. They are also expected to take National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines into consideration when making their decisions.