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Hi all Thanks for your responses I got notification from my DSN that the IFA has been approved and I’ve gone for the G5. I did ask if the G6 is available yet but I assume it isn’t as they are ordering the G5 for me

Hi Thank you, I noticed the threads and wonder if the g6 is available via NHS funding - I would hope so if it’s cheaper but that doesn’t seem to necessarily mean anything when it comes to NHS funding. I will do some reading up on it. You make a good point about the g4 becoming outdated and less...

Hi, my diabetes team are putting an IFA application for me to my CCG for dexcom due to hypo issues which meet Nice guidance. I am currently self-funding Libre but as we all know it’s not a CGM and doesn’t have alarm functionality without extra tech equipment from non-Abbott companies. I have...

I got 2 at Superdrug last week, had to go into store and pay when I ordered they arrived within a few days (I ordered on a Friday evening so took a little longer). It’s a little bit more inconvenient as Boots was close by and I have to go out of my way to find a Superdrug with a pharmacy but...

Absolutely my CCG state Hba1 Absolutely, my CCG stipulated that HbA1c has to be greater than 69.4 (8.5). It’s laughable that the evidence prior to self-funding can’t be used e.g. my strip usage reduction - I even said that to my Consultant but he said it had to be from the past 3 months I’d...

I ordered 2 from Superdrug last Thursday evening I paid for them when I ordered and am waiting for them to arrive - the pharmacist said they will call me but they should be here by Wednesday. Saw my Consultant last week and even though London NW Trusts have agreed to prescribing of libre they...

One might question what ideology underpins this and other equally flawed decisions...

Thanks for sharing I have just found out since beginning of May my CCG are now prescribing freestyle if patients meet specific criteria. I wonder if this has something to do with the prescription only rule in my area....... Luckily I am seeing my Consultant on Wednesday so I am going to push...

No doubt the PM has her private MP insurance to fund it if her CCG doesn’t. Unlike the majority of us who have had T1 for years (me since childhood) and we can’t get insurance cover for such things. My consultant actually asked if I had Insurance when I told him I was going to self fund. I...

Thank you for your suggestions I wrote to my CCG a while ago it was a standard template from dibetes UK campaigns that I added to. The response was bland I will have to dig it out. The consultant is looking at an individual funding request for CGM with alarm feature as I have lost hypo...

I asked at the time I was told they couldn’t sell them to me anymore and she said yes. My GP won’t write a private prescription for free so it just jacks the cost up it’s already too much to pay but what can people who’s CCGs aren’t funding FS libre do?

I text my DSN to see if she had heard anything but she hadn’t. Luckily I phoned around some chemists and found an Asda that had one in stock. Interestingly, a large Boots I contacted told me the same as my own smaller Boots that they couldn’t give it to me unless I had a prescription I’m in...

I have been buying my libre sensors from my local Boots. I normally buy 2 at once to last me a month. The last time I went in there was only one box but Boots said they’d order more. Checked at the weekend they hadn’t come in but I was told they’d be here for today. When I went in on my way...

Thanks, that’s useful to know although I think it’s not as applicable as it once might have been when you look at the conditions included. Having read the criteria for those with epilepsy the DP Railcard states: Have epilepsy and either: have repeated attacks even though you receive drug...