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NHS to offer 150,000 people with type 1 diabetes an artificial pancreas
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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.
Final draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) recommends that people in England and Wales should benefit from the wearable device if their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.
By ensuring their blood glucose levels are within the recommended range, people are less likely to have complications such as disabling hypoglycaemia, strokes and heart attacks, which lead to costly NHS care.
Karen Addington, the chief executive of JDRF UK, a type 1 diabetes charity, hailed the announcement, saying it would transform the lives of children and adults.
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