Diabetes: Medical Equipment
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to continuous glucose monitoring technology for patients with type 2 diabetes in North Durham constituency; and what comparative assessment his Department has made of this and the national rate.
Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Indicative data on access to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in North Durham is available on OpenPrescribing. The available data shows that North Durham was above the national median for CGM sensor prescribing per 1000 patients. The data is available at the following link:
https://openprescribing.net/measure/cgm_sensors/sicbl/84H/
The National Diabetes Audit (NDA), and the National Peadiatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) provide comprehensive data on care processes and outcomes and highlight inequalities across different demographic and socioeconomic groups. NHS Digital’s NDA dashboards and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s NPDA dashboards are designed to help integrated care boards, providers, and paediatric diabetes units benchmark themselves and target improvements.
To help people in County Durham better understand the impact of diet and lifestyle on their type 2 diabetes, they can be referred to the Diabetes Information and Education Team within County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust for structured education, including support with using technology such as CGM. During 2025/26, the team received 2502 referrals, with 778 referrals from the North Durham area.
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