I'm T2 and get them prescribed.
Apparently the guidelines are not to prescribe if the GP doesn't think they will help or prescribing them has shown not to help.
I'm the star of the show most of the time at my surgery regarding T2 as I'm not getting sicker fatter or using ever increasing medication and to be honest I agree with that last bit.
If people are being prescribed such an expensive item then why carry on if the user is seeing no benefit from them?
I'm showing my worth by taking no medication having no problems and my meter helps me to achieve and maintain that.