Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
HUNDREDS of children and teenagers with diabetes are to receive ?life-changing? insulin pumps over the next 12 months.
An extra ?1.5 million will be provided by the Scottish Government allowing 480 youngsters with type 1 diabetes to benefit from the devices.
The pumps are attached to the body and are programmed to administer the correct amount of insulin, removing the need for injections.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said they could help give youngsters with diabetes a ?normal childhood?.
The charity Diabetes UK Scotland said access to insulin pumps had been ?shockingly low? for too long.
But it described the ?1.5 million ? which comes on top of ?1m announced earlier this year ? as ?great news?.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/insulin-pumps-will-change-children-s-lives-1-2222853
An extra ?1.5 million will be provided by the Scottish Government allowing 480 youngsters with type 1 diabetes to benefit from the devices.
The pumps are attached to the body and are programmed to administer the correct amount of insulin, removing the need for injections.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said they could help give youngsters with diabetes a ?normal childhood?.
The charity Diabetes UK Scotland said access to insulin pumps had been ?shockingly low? for too long.
But it described the ?1.5 million ? which comes on top of ?1m announced earlier this year ? as ?great news?.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/insulin-pumps-will-change-children-s-lives-1-2222853