Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements Directions: previous directionsFound: General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements Directions: previous directions
Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: National Islands Plan Annual Report 2023Found: Immediate Care) to deliver pre-hospital emergency care training and support, a vital resource for those medical
Mar. 27 2024
Source Page: Social Security Experience Panels: Pension Age Winter Heating PaymentFound: A few respondents highlighted the additional costs associated with running healthcare equipment or mobility
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Digital skills, channel preference, and access needs: Personal Independence Payment customersFound: benefits these assistive services can offer. 10 Assistive technology is any item, piece of equipment
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Digital skills, channel preferences and access needs: DWP customersFound: Using government / public services online (e.g. renew a driving license or passport, booking medical
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Scottish Government Initial Response to the Concluding Observations issued by the UN Committee on the Rights of the ChildFound: officers undertake 73 detailed training on the use of spit hoods before they are authorised to use the equipment
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: Flagship youth employment programme hits one million milestoneFound: Canadian Medical Association Journal 158: 1625-1631.
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.
Mar. 19 2024
Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 18 March 2024Found: Diabetes mellitus.
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.Found: Equity in medical devices: Independent Review.