Lord Winstanleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
By what means and by what date they intend to fulfil their undertaking, given in the statement on the White Paper on Primary Health Care, to make glucose testing available to diabetics.
§ Lord SkelmersdaleBlood glucose testing strips are already available to diabetics through the hospital service. Our intention is to make them available on general practitioner prescription as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made to include them in the list of chemical reagents prescribable by general practitioners. We hope this will be in the course of next year.