The National Health Services (NHS) released a survey showing that patients suffering from type 1 diabetes are not being supplied with sufficient amounts of insulin pump therapy.

The survey provided confirmed information regarding the fact that only 3.9% of the patients have access to the PCT insulin pump provision, whereas 12% do not. The insulin pumps are a highly vital medical device that is to be attached to the patient’s waist. The device supplies the patient with insulin when needed. It operates through a plastic tube connected to the patient’s body.

Insulin pumps are crucial in cases of children and senior adults.

Jacqui Double is one of the mothers who suffered to provide her two sons with the insulin pump treatment. She said that she had to fight through the ‘unfair’ medical system for a duration that exceeded two years, just for the authorities at Kent to approve on funding the treatment for her 10-year-old and 13-year-old sons.

She said, “I think the uptake rates in Kent are indicative of what happens when patients are not given the full picture”. The complicated process, according to the mother, is tiring and did not benefit either the patients or the system.