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Written Question · S4W-11413 · Session 4

How many (a) adults and (b) children use insulin pumps, broken down by NHS board.

Answered Asked by David Stewart Lab Lodged 21 Nov 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) adults and (b) children use insulin pumps, broken down by NHS board.

The answer

Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 Dec 2012 · 12 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested is contained within the Scottish Diabetes Survey which was published on 20 August 2012 and is available at the following link: http://www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/Publications/SDS%202011.pdf.
The number of (a) adults and (b) children receiving insulin pump therapy in each NHS Board, as of December 2011, is set out in the following table:
NHS Board
Number of people under 18 on an Insulin Pump
Number of people over 18 on an Insulin Pump
Ayrshire and Arran
18
17
Borders
17
34
Dumfries and Galloway
2
21
Fife
19
113
Forth Valley
12
33
Grampian
22
50
Greater Glasgow and Clyde
50
45
Highland
0
29
Lanarkshire
0
56
Lothian
39
169
Orkney
4
1
Shetland
0
2
Tayside
58
72
Western Isles
0
1
Scotland
241
643

The progress that NHS boards are making with increasing insulin pump provision against the commitments set out within the Chief Executive Letter CEL 4 (2012) on Insulin Pump Therapy for People with Type 1 Diabetes, will be published soon after March 2013.

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