Hi @steveo4 ,
Just been tapping into Google..
Did you mean this article..? "as used by Theresa May."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...-patients-life-changing-glucose-monitors.html
Hi @steveo4 ,
Just been tapping into Google..
Did you mean this article..? "as used by Theresa May."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...-patients-life-changing-glucose-monitors.html
Interesting article, had no idea the numbers were still so low.
That article was dated November 2018
Should be for insulin dependant first surely.?Have just read the article in the daily mail that states by March 31st all type one diabetics will be offered a cgm machine but in the photos it shows libre sensors instead. Two completely different things very confused.
Liber but I bet nit here in EAST KENT..Should be for insulin dependant first surely.?
Should be for insulin dependant first surely.?
All T1 are insulin dependent (with the possible exception of newly diagnosed LADA who can go a while without insulin).
But I totally agree it would be better if other insulin dependent folk were included.
Liber but I bet nit here in EAST KENT..
I was shown this article today by a relative and was very excited so phoned my Dr who said they had no idea of this and was told to phone the diabetes clinic that I attend , they told me it was untrue and the article had caused them a nightmare with so many enquiries , it would seem like I do not come any were near the criteria needed to get one on prescription as I am quite well controlled and they have such a long list of people with type 1 who do meet the criteria and are waiting , it almost seems like fake news from the Mail !Have just read the article in the daily mail that states by March 31st all type one diabetics will be offered a cgm machine but in the photos it shows libre sensors instead. Two completely different things very confused.
If you can find the NICE guidelines then that would be better than a newspaper article. The daily mail doesn’t seem to link to the actual guidance. A quick web search and I couldn’t find anything except a recommendation and a draft guidelineI was shown this article today by a relative and was very excited so phoned my Dr who said they had no idea of this and was told to phone the diabetes clinic that I attend , they told me it was untrue and the article had caused them a nightmare with so many enquiries , it would seem like I do not come any were near the criteria needed to get one on prescription as I am quite well controlled and they have such a long list of people with type 1 who do meet the criteria and are waiting , it almost seems like fake news from the Mail !
Thanks derivadow , I read the NICE guidelines and it does say to offer all type 1 diabetics a cgm so I called up the diabetic clinic at my hospital and told them of this to which I was told that they had heard nothing and could not say if and when I would be offered one , I seem to have hit a brick wall !Here are the published guidelines: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng17/chapter/Recommendations