NHS rollout of artificial pancreas narrows inequality in diabetes care

Exclusive: People from deprived and minority ethnic backgrounds have better access to device than for previous technologies The rollout of a “life-changing” artificial pancreas on the NHS for people with type 1 diabetes has helped to narrow ethnic and socioeconomic inequality within access to treatment, according to figures. Officially known as a hybrid closed-loop system, an artificial pancreas comprises three interconnected parts: a sensor worn on the body called a continuous glucose monito...

By Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent