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Diabetes: Medical Equipment

Asked by Sir Oliver DowdenConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 24 November 2025UIN 90266

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the phased implementation period for access to hybrid closed-loop technology for people with type 1 diabetes.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

NHS England has developed a five-year national strategy with guidance to National Health Service providers on the phased uptake approach of hybrid closed loop (HCL) systems. Rollout started in April 2024 with pregnant women, children, young people, those planning to become pregnant, and adults already using pumps who want to transition to an HCL system.

So far under the strategy, over 600 pregnant women with type 1 diabetes have been provided with an HCL.

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