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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department of Health and Social Care

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements Directions: previous directions
Document: The Statement of Financial Entitlements (Amendment) Directions 2012 (PDF)

Found: General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements Directions: previous directions


Scottish Government Publication (Progress report)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: National Islands Plan Annual Report 2023
Document: National Islands Plan Annual Report 2023 (PDF)

Found: Immediate Care) to deliver pre-hospital emergency care training and support, a vital resource for those medical


Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate

Mar. 27 2024

Source Page: Social Security Experience Panels: Pension Age Winter Heating Payment
Document: Social Security Experience Panels: Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PDF)

Found: A few respondents highlighted the additional costs associated with running healthcare equipment or mobility


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Work and Pensions

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: Digital skills, channel preference, and access needs: Personal Independence Payment customers
Document: Digital skills, channel preference, and access needs: Personal Independence Payment customers (PDF)

Found: benefits these assistive services can offer. 10 Assistive technology is any item, piece of equipment


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Work and Pensions

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: Digital skills, channel preferences and access needs: DWP customers
Document: Digital skills, channel preferences and access needs: DWP customers (PDF)

Found: Using government / public services online (e.g. renew a driving license or passport, booking medical



Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Work and Pensions

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: Flagship youth employment programme hits one million milestone
Document: review (PDF)

Found: Canadian Medical Association Journal 158: 1625-1631.


Written Question
Diabetes: Medical Equipment
Wednesday 20th March 2024

Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to increase uptake in the use of monitoring technologies by patients with diabetes.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recently issued clinical guidelines in relation to the management of insulin dependent diabetes, covering patients living with type 1 and insulin dependent type 2 diabetes. This includes devices to support blood glucose monitoring. These recommendations are now being implemented by integrated care boards (ICBs).

On 19 December 2023, NICE published its final recommendation on the hybrid closed loop system for people with type 1 diabetes. NICE has agreed with NHS England that all children and young people, women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, and those people who already have an insulin pump will be first to be offered a hybrid closed loop system as part of a 5-year roll-out plan. NHS England has set out priorities for access, to help reduce healthcare inequalities through their implementation plan.

Responsibility for the delivery of services and the implementation of NICE recommendations rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner. As diabetes care is commissioned by local ICBs, they are responsible for developing commissioning policies. ICBs must pay due regard to NICE guidance, however local decision making applies in terms of deciding whether to utilise their funding to implement the recommendation or not.


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Ministry of Defence

Mar. 19 2024

Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 18 March 2024
Document: Joining the Royal Navy with spinal surgery for Scheuremann's disease (JSP 950) (PDF)

Found: Diabetes mellitus.


Deposited Papers
Department of Health and Social Care

Mar. 15 2024

Source Page: I. Equity in medical devices: Independent Review. Incl. appendices [Chair, Dame Margaret Whitehead]. 130p. II. Government response to the report of the equity in medical devices: independent review. 64p.
Document: IR_Equity_in_Medical_Devices_Report.pdf (PDF)

Found: Equity in medical devices: Independent Review.