Welcoming Funding for Continuous Glucose Monitoring

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes a new plan to improve the management of type 1 diabetes, which will be backed by £10 million of investment by the Scottish Government; notes that the additional funding will be used to increase the provision of insulin pumps, which deliver insulin into the body without the need for injections; further notes that it will also help to provide more people with continuous glucose monitoring equipment, which alerts the user if their blood glucose levels are too high or low, helping them to manage their food and insulin intake; understands that there are approximately 3,200 insulin pumps in use in Scotland, which is an increase of more than 400% since 2010 thanks to a £7.5 million Scottish Government programme, and that this investment will further increase adult insulin pump provision over the next five years; believes that new and innovative methods of meeting the challenge of continually monitoring blood glucose levels are to be encouraged as it can be extremely difficult, particularly at night for parents of type 1 diabetic children without symptoms of hypoglycaemia; welcomes the news that this funding will provide glucose monitoring kits to priority groups, including people who experience particularly severe cases of hypoglycaemia and young children, and applauds the work of charities such as JDRF in their continuous efforts to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 20 Con 1

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No contribution in the Official Report cites S5M-03051 by reference.