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Invest in and support insulin production in the UK to ensure self-sufficiency

Submitted by Judith Hoffman on Monday 2nd March 2026

Published on Tuesday 7th April 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Wednesday 7th October 2026

Current Signatures: 2,606
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Anxiety ~ Assured ~ Brexit ~ Chain ~ east ~ Ensure ~ Europe ~ Families ~ Global ~ Middle East ~ News ~ Priority ~ Saving ~ Substance ~ The News ~ type 1 diabetes ~ Ukraine

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Invest in and support insulin production in the UK to ensure self-sufficiency

Petition Details

The UK is too reliant on insulin production from other countries. People with diabetes must be able to rest assured that the supply cannot be disrupted by global uncertainties. The UK must increase its own manufacture of insulin.

Additional Information

Every time global affairs such as the wars in Ukraine, the Middle East etc are in the news,families with relatives with Type 1 Diabetes live with anxiety around the production chain for insulin being disrupted. Although we get most of our insulin from Europe , since Brexit we can’t rely on being the first priority should there be a shortage in supplies. It is vital we produce our own supplies of this life saving substance.


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