That this House welcomes the Government's proposal to put refillable insulin pen injection devices and pen needles on prescription and notes that this will benefit over 250,000 people who currently have to purchase their own needles; notes however the serious misgivings of the British Diabetic Association about the proposal to blacklist disposable pens that will deprive an estimated 50,000 diabetics of their chosen method of injecting insulin as disposable pens will become prohibitively expensive if only available privately; and therefore calls on the Government to reflect carefully on representations from medical professionals who are concerned that some among the 50,000 affecting diabetics will not be able to switch to refillable pens without requiring assistance or endangering their health in the absence of such help.

That this House welcomes the Government's proposal to put refillable insulin pen injection devices and pen needles on prescription and notes that this will benefit over 250,000 people who currently have to purchase their own needles; notes however the serious misgivings of the British Diabetic Association about the proposal to...

That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Health to acknowledge that insulin-dependent diabetics will require pen needles throughout their entire lifetime; notes that insulin-dependent diabetics have to care for themselveson a day to day basis; notes that diabetics using pen needles benefit from better control of diabetes and are likely to have fewer complications; notes that pen needles are re-used more often than syringe needles; notes that pen devices are more convenient for use by children, the elderly, the visually impaired and stroke sufferers; notes that the present system whereby some patients are provided with needles free through their diabetic clinics but paid for by the NHS is unfair; and calls for an early review of current policy and for provision of pen needles on prescription for all insulin-dependent diabetics.

That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Health to acknowledge that insulin-dependent diabetics will require pen needles throughout their entire lifetime; notes that insulin-dependent diabetics have to care for themselveson a day to day basis; notes that diabetics using pen needles benefit from better control of diabetes...