Get an 'artificial pancreas' on the NHS: 150,000 type 1 diabetes sufferers are set to get gadget hailed as the 'biggest breakthrough since discovery of insulin'

More than 150,000 adults and children with type 1 diabetes are now eligible to get an'artificial pancreas'. NHS regulators have today approved hybrid closed-loop system technology, which experts say is the'biggest breakthrough since insulin'. The high-tech device continuously tracks blood sugar levels through a sensor stuck to the body. Readings are fed straight back to a body-worn insulin pump, with an algorithm then calculating how much of the hormone needs to be released. An artificial pancreas to manage type 1 diabetes could soon be offered to NHS patients after a major trial produced'blisteringly brilliant' early results.