A patient at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has just become the first child in the UK, and the fifth in the world, to be fitted with a second generation DiaPort System, adapted to deliver insulin directly into the abdomen, bypassing the skin.
Teenage patients of hospitals up and down the country are to be joined by comedian and ‘The Last Leg’ star, Alex Brooker in a first ever national ‘Young People’s Forum’.