§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital accident and emergency departments(a) stock both animal and human insulin and (b) inquire whether the diabetes patient has a preference for one or the other. [187051]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThis information is not collected centrally.
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines are in place at primary care level to offer diabetes patients a choice between animal and human insulin(a) at first diagnosis of diabetes and (b) on occurrence of the patient suffering from side effects of animal or human insulin [187055]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe National Institute for Clinical Excellence issued advice in 2002 on the management of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes and the management of type 1 diabetes in children, young people and adults, issued in 2004. 1 his advice states that patient preference should form part of the choice of insulin type and regimen.
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§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost is to the general practitioner of a patient being prescribed(a) animal and (b) human insulin. [187056]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe cost of prescribing insulin is not direct to general practitioners, as all prescribing is funded from the unified budgets of primary care trusts.
§ Keith VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many meetings he has had with his EU counterparts to discuss co-operation on research on diabetes. [186626]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonNone. However, the Department, with the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust is funding a pan-European study on diabetes. The ADDITION study is a population-based screening study for undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes and is taking place in Denmark, the Netherlands, Cambridge and surrounding counties and Leicester.