How does the current government intend to monitor access to continuous glucose monitors for people with type 2 diabetes; and how such monitoring will take account of any inequalities based on deprivation and ethnicity.
Many more people with type 2 diabetes could benefit from this technology. People living in deprivation and people of black and south Asian ethnicity are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, are less likely to receive essential diabetes care and experience worse health outcomes. However, according to Diabetes UK, only 24 of 42 integrated care boards in England have a policy for continuous glucose monitoring for people with type 2 diabetes that is in line with guidance from NICE. How will the Government ensure equal access to such monitors for people with type 2 diabetes?