Question follow-through · 106437
Diabetes: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address regional variation in access to continuous glucose monitoring, including in Dorset.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address regional variation in access to continuous glucose monitoring, including in Dorset.
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning health services to meet the needs of their populations. In doing so they must have regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance, including for diabetes. The Nation...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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