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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Kirby

Major diabetes breakthrough as 150,000 people to be offered artificial pancreas

PA Wire

More than 150,000 adults and children with type 1 diabetes will be eligible to access “life changing” technology on the NHS.

Final draft guidance from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (Nice) recommends that people in England and Wales can get a wearable device called a hybrid closed loop system - sometimes dubbed an artificial pancreas - if their diabetes is not adequately controlled by their current pump or glucose monitor.

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