150,000 people to be offered a closed loop system

[Amity Island]

More than 150,000 adults and children with type 1 diabetes in England and Wales are to be offered an artificial pancreas on the NHS, which experts are hailing as a “gamechanger” that will “save lives and heartbreak”.

The groundbreaking device, also called a hybrid closed-loop system, uses a hi-tech algorithm to determine the amount of insulin that should be administered and reads blood sugar levels to keep them steady. A world-first trial on the NHS showed it was more effective at managing diabetes than current devices and required far less input from patients.

NHS to offer 150,000 people with type 1 diabetes an artificial pancreas

Move to make more than half of those living with condition in England and Wales eligible for device hailed as gamechanger

www.theguardian.com

NICE recommends life changing technology is rolled out to people with type 1 diabetes

www.nice.org.uk

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Diabetes UK cover the announcement from NICE here too, including the Diabetes Tech Can't Wait campaign which is seeking to ensure funding is available for the rollout of diabetes tech to the widest possible eligible populations.

NICE announces final appraisal recommendations on hybrid closed-loop systems for type 1 diabetes

NICE have today announced details of the outcome of their appraisal for hybrid closed-loop systems – recommending that over the next five years hundreds of thousands of people living with type 1 diabetes should be offered this next-generation technology to help them manage their condition.

www.diabetes.org.uk

 

[Northerner]

More than 150,000 adults and children with type 1 diabetes in England and Wales are to be offered an artificial pancreas on the NHS, which experts are hailing as a “gamechanger” that will “save lives and heartbreak”.

The groundbreaking device, also called a hybrid closed-loop system, uses a hi-tech algorithm to determine the amount of insulin that should be administered and reads blood sugar levels to keep them steady. A world-first trial on the NHS showed it was more effective at managing diabetes than current devices and required far less input from patients.

Final draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) recommends that people in England and Wales should benefit from the wearable device if their diabetes is not adequately controlled by their current pump or glucose monitor. The decision to give the go-ahead for widespread use of the artificial pancreas was announced on Tuesday at Nice’s annual conference in Manchester by Dr Sam Roberts, its chief executive.

NHS to offer 150,000 people with type 1 diabetes an artificial pancreas

Move to make more than half of those living with condition in England and Wales eligible for device hailed as gamechanger

www.theguardian.com

Things have certainly progressed since I was diagnosed only 15 years ago 😱 People used to have to sell their soul to get a pump! 😱

Have to say, it still annoys me that they say they are for people whose diabetes is not well-controlled with their current set-up. Many people work extremely hard to achieve good control and that shouldn't count against them when this could save an awful lot of that work for them also.

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Have to say, it still annoys me that they say they are for people whose diabetes is not well-controlled with their current set-up.

They also (correctly) note that the cutoff HbA1c is 58. But I think that alone qualifies over 70% of people with Type 1.

Can't really regard an obvious majority as "not well-controlled", can you? Maybe you can, come to think of it. But someone with an HbA1c of 59 is hardly doing badly: that's decent (and is some way off eligibility for a pump according to TA151).

 

[Amity Island]

"For some people, the system lifts the burden of living with Type I diabetes by maintaining better control of insulin levels and is better than current systems at keeping blood sugar levels within a healthy range. While it will not be for everyone, people with Type I diabetes in Great Britain now have the choice - while people in Northern Ireland do not.

Northern Ireland must not be left behind again on diabetes, says Bradshaw

Northern Ireland must not be left behind again on diabetes, says Bradshaw

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