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Written Question · S4W-11803 · Session 4

Further to the answer to question S4W-11413 by Michael Matheson on 3 December 2012, what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children with typ…

Answered Asked by David Stewart Lab Lodged 11 Dec 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-11413 by Michael Matheson on 3 December 2012, what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children with type 1 diabetes uses insulin pumps, broken down by NHS board.

The answer

Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 Dec 2012 · 8 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 percentage of (a) adults and (b) children with type 1 diabetes 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
Percentage of under 18 Type 1 population on an insulin pump
Number of people over 18 on an insulin pump
Percentage of over 18 Type 1 population on an insulin pump
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
29
11.33%
28
1.41%
NHS Borders
19
26.39%
33
6.06%
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
5
6.25%
24
2.69%
NHS Fife
31
17.32%
108
6.18%
NHS Forth Valley
14
7.95%
46
3.17%
NHS Grampian
32
9.94%
57
2.09%
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
68
11.76%
71
1.26%
NHS Highland
4
1.90%
37
2.36%
NHS Lanarkshire
5
1.25%
57
1.81%
NHS Lothian
54
13.17%
202
5.23%
NHS Orkney
3
20.00%
2
1.90%
NHS Shetland
2
11.76%
3
2.75%
NHS Tayside
68
33.01%
82
4.91%
NHS Western Isles
0
0.00%
2
1.18%
Scotland
334
11.36%
752
2.94%
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.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-11803 by reference.