Recent Content by MarkW3194

This is my suspicion of what might be happening, my consultant(s) have been really supportive but I know from prior experience that my CCG are very unwilling to fund diabetes tech. They also don’t let the patient know the outcome of IFR’s expecting the consultant to, but the consultants don’t...

There’s a different funding arrangement for flash monitoring (libre) - the GP funds them directly on an FP10 as long as you have consultant approval and meet certain criteria, so you don’t need to have CCG approval - CGM’s aren’t routinely prescribed so you need to do an IFR to get funding...

If your CCG operates anything like most I’ve experienced do then it sounds like you’re just starting the IFR stage ‘We have agreed to apply for NHS funding for Guardian sensor'. The MDT within your hospital meets to agree if they feel you meet the criteria then they apply to your CCG for NHS...

I have finally been put forward for Medtronic CGM funding by my diabetes consultant. Does anybody have any idea of how long IFR’s take to be processed? I know things are likely to be delayed at the moment but just anybody’s experience? My CCG’s website says around a 2-4weeks, but I know from...

HbA1C isn’t a perfect science either, I’ve had a lab run an a1c on blood from 2 tubes of my blood taken at the same time, from the same needle and they were 0.6% different and one taken the next day was over 1% different (I can’t remember the differences in mmol/mol) which is fairly significant...

For the first 100 people (or so they say) it’s: Option 1: £135 for the TouchCare Slim Transmitter and 2 Sensors Option 2: £170 for the TouchCare Slim Transmitter and 4 Sensors After that: Option 1: £200 for the TouchCare Slim Transmitter and £70 for 2 Sensors Option 2: £200 for the TouchCare...

Has anybody on here started using the latest medtrum (TouchCare) CGM yet? I know it’s only been out a few weeks so probably hasn’t got many users yet! I’ve just ordered a starter kit, so I was just wondering if anybody who uses one has any tips or experience with one? I’m hoping it works...