'Life-changing' device for city diabetes sufferer
The Herald|April 03, 2024
A PLYMOUTH diabetes sufferer has spoken of the benefits of having an “artificial pancreas” as the NHS begins identifying other people with type 1 diabetes who could receive the device.
'Life-changing' device for city diabetes sufferer

Regional NHS bodies in England have been given £2.5 million to help select patients for the “life-changing” technology as part of a five-year roll-out.

The Hybrid Closed Loop System device means that people with the condition will not need to inject themselves with insulin, instead the “artificial pancreas” will detect insulin levels and deliver the required dosage to the body.

The artificial pancreas has improved the life of 38-year-old Gemma Lavery, from Plymouth.

She received the device as part of the NHS pilot and has called it a “game changer”.

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