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Diabetes: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to continuous glucose monitors for people with diabetes.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
21 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to continuous glucose monitors for people with diabetes.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    There are currently over 200,000 people living with diabetes in England who benefit from real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) In order to help integrated care boards (ICBs) improve access to CGM to eligible people, data is now collected as part o...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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