Diabetes: Health Education
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve awareness and understanding of Type 1 Diabetes across the Health and Social Care system.
Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson
As I reaffirmed in the Westminster Hall debate on type 1 diabetes on 9 March 2026, the Government is committed to improving awareness of type 1 diabetes. NHS England carried out communications activity to coincide with World Diabetes Day in November 2025, with a focus on the “4Ts” symptoms of type 1 diabetes, namely thirst, tired, thinning, and toileting, meaning increased urine output. This included messaging to the public via social media, and the cascade of information via clinical networks.
NHS England is currently engaging and coordinating with other national organisations on supportive action, raising awareness of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes, improving training and education, and exploring what supportive tools may be available to further support healthcare professionals to identify type 1 diabetes.
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