Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that older adults with type 1 diabetes retain access to essential technologies upon entering residential care, and whether they will introduce statutory training and regulatory standards to support safe, consistent and dignified diabetes management in those settings.

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for implementing National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guidelines and technology appraisals relating to diabetes care and access to diabetes technologies. NHS England supports ICBs by providing supportive funding, data, policy levers, and clinical leadership at national level. Locally, support for people with type 1 diabetes to access and use diabetes technology is provided by diabetes specialists, general practices, and community diabetes teams. Clinical care and support for people in residential care is locally organised.

All health and social care providers must comply with the fundamental standards set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. These include requirements that the care provided be centred on the needs of the individual and that providers employ enough suitably qualified, competent, and experienced staff to ensure standards are met.