Karen Addington: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- chief executive of the diabetes charity Breakthrough T1D
- Quoted on
- Diabetes, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“For some, it is a child who becomes suddenly and dangerously unwell. For others, it is a young adult, a parent, or even a grandparent whose symptoms are missed until they reach crisis point. A rushed trip to hospital. A diagnosis that changes everything. It does not have to be like this.”
What Karen Addington has said
“For the first time, we have an immunotherapy that can delay the onset of symptomatic type 1 diabetes. If it were your child or someone you love, you would want to do everything possible to give them more years without the daily burden of managing this relentless condition.”
chief executive of the diabetes charity Breakthrough T1D · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Drug that delays onset of type 1 diabetes approved in England and Wales ↗
Where Karen Addington has been quoted
- New report outlines importance of early detection screening for type 1 diabetesdiabetestimes.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
- Drug that delays onset of type 1 diabetes approved in England and Walestheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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