Glucose monitors to be made available to thousands more patients

NHS England has announced that from April next year, wearable glucose monitors will be made available to tens of thousands more type 1 diabetes patients.

This comes following a recent investigation which found that in some parts of the country, patients were being denied access to the device. It found that although 209-25 pert cent of patients were eligible, only 3-5 per cent had access to the monitors through the NHS.

This was due to the fact that some local clinical commissioning groups had made the decision not to prioritise funding of the devices.

This announcement by NHS England means that the device will now be funded to enable access throughout the country in all 195 clinical commissioning groups, which will benefit around a quarter of type 1 diabetes patients.

This new monitoring device works by using a tiny sensor, which is inserted under the skin and which is connected to a small transmitter patch on the skin’s surface. The sensor is able to read blood sugar levels and transmits the results wirelessly to a portable reader.

This removes the need for finger prick tests, making it much easier for patients to manage their condition.

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Posted by Tony May, Partner/head of Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.

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