JDRF Type 1 Parliament: It’s down to us, chaps
After a morning spent opening the eyes of MPs to quite how big a deal Type 1 diabetes really is, the JDRF Type 1 Parliament moved on. The afternoon session was question time with a ;
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JDRF Type 1 Parliament: putting Type 1 on the agenda
JDRF corralled 60-something children and adults with Type 1 diabetes into a room yesterday, introduced 50 something MP’s into the mix, stirred in a few key messages and stood back. Even with no added sugar, the result was very tasty. Did you know… Type 1 is more common than meningitis, but is frequently misdiagnosed? Prevalence… Read More »
Any diabetes questions for Parliament?
I’m off to Westminster on Wednesday, 25 April to attend the JDRF Type 1 Parliament event. Everyone’s second favourite pump company Animas are one of the co-sponsors of the event and emailed to see if I wanted to attend as their guest. In exchange for my train fare and a bed for the night, I said… Read More »
Changes to driving regulations – take action now
Slightly alarmist reporting by the Daily Fail last week claimed that 1 million people with diabetes on insulin could lose their driving licences due to new EU legislation. As with most stories, however, there is a grain of truth in this one, and here at ShootUp, we’re doing something about it. You can too. What’s… Read More »
Diabetes Question Time
Last night I popped along to “Diabetes Question Time”, organised by Diabetes UK and briefly plugged on the blog the other day. The purpose of the event was to give the pancreatically challenged hoard the opportunity to quiz Scottish MSPs from all major parties about diabetes health care and policy. If this sounds incredibly boring… Read More »
DUK responds to NHS reforms
In a letter to The Times, everyone’s second favourite diabetes charity writes about the NHS reforms in England and Wales. They say: “The reforms will place £80 billion of the NHS budget into the hands of GPs, but plans to make GP consortia accountable to the public are far too weak. The plans will allow… Read More »
Tormenting your MP
Now the election in the UK has been won (sort of) a whole new load of MPs are moving into their new offices in the House of Commons, all of them blissfully unaware of the pancreatically-challenged hordes out there. Of course, viewers in Scotland will have the same old MSPs until 2011 (health being a… Read More »
Harass your member of parliament
As I mentioned in my earlier post, the UK is currently gripped with election fever. Readers in the UK will be all too aware of this, with election coverage polluting the airwaves at every turn; so I merely include this for our readers from abroad who don’t listen to the BBC World Service and haven’t… Read More »