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This week I spoke to my consultant and asked him about the Libre, I'm using the Dexcom but getting close to retirement and wondered if in a year or two I might move over to something like the Libre that the NHS would fund.
His reply was that Abbott had taken an extreme liberty implying that the Libre was available on the NHS. He explained that it was true that the product can be prescribed but that no regional NHS group has so far authorised funding for it. He also made the point that just a few days ago East Anglia felt the need to make a statement that they would NOT fund the Libre. He also mentioned that Abbott have not agreed any pricing levels with the NHS regions.
Saying that he did mention that although the NHS in my area has never given approval for these products so far for anyone, if there was a set of criteria in place for approval then it would be very unlikely that existing users would meet that criteria as their control would already have improved to the extent that they no longer meet it.
His reply was that Abbott had taken an extreme liberty implying that the Libre was available on the NHS. He explained that it was true that the product can be prescribed but that no regional NHS group has so far authorised funding for it. He also made the point that just a few days ago East Anglia felt the need to make a statement that they would NOT fund the Libre. He also mentioned that Abbott have not agreed any pricing levels with the NHS regions.
Saying that he did mention that although the NHS in my area has never given approval for these products so far for anyone, if there was a set of criteria in place for approval then it would be very unlikely that existing users would meet that criteria as their control would already have improved to the extent that they no longer meet it.