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Thanks barrym Yes I saw the app you mentioned was in the play store. It looks and sounds very interesting. If they haven't authorised its use, I suspect Abbott will take steps to stop it being readily available officially if they aren't doing so already. I will just wait and see whether the...

Congratulations becca59! You are the first person I know based in England or Wales (I assume) who has been offered the "choice" (albeit a trial at this stage) of a real time Libre 3 cgm following the update of the NICE guidelines on 1 April 2022. I'm hoping at some stage you might be kind...

I've not heard of that third party app before. I assume it must be new. I don't begrudge Abbott recouping the time and money it will have spent researching and developing its products. I've avoided using third party apps/devices. I know Abbott consider such apps/devices may infringe Abbott's...

I've not tried to do so. A number of diabetics who have reviewed the Libre 3 on YouTube have indicated adamantly in their reviews that the Libre 3 app software won't work with Libre 1 or Libre 2 sensors.

I feel your pain Braye. Aren't both the Freestyle Libre 1 and Freestyle Libre 2 already available for use by diabetics in the US? I thought the US food and drug administration had approved both of those medical devices for use in the US some time ago. It is still early days but at the moment...

According to Google's Play store the UK version of the Freestyle Libre 3 app has been downloaded over 1,000 times. Even assuming some brand new users of the Libre 1 and Libre 2 may have downloaded the Libre 3 app by mistake, that number of downloads suggests some of us must be using the Libre 3...

Hello andrzejLKS I don't think NHS England will be issuing an England-wide edict that the Libre 3 should now be given out to those who meet the new NICE eligibility criteria. It is up to every diabetic who believes they may be eligible to speak to their diabetes consultant and have a...

Thanks Jaylee.

Thanks Hopeful34. As I've said, my understanding (and I am more than happy for someone to tell me I have got this wrong) is that as of 1 April 2022 the funding for a real time cgm comes out of the hospital trust budget, not the GPs budget (which is effectively the clinical commissioning group...

Hello Ellie, you have every right to be cynical. I am fascinated to see just how many of us qualify for a cgm proper now the criteria have been changed. That said, my understanding is that IF a patient is eligible for a real time cgm, it will be paid for from hospital trust budgets, not...

Hi Jaylee. Thank you for your earlier replies. Once again, please do forgive me but unless I have gone completely doolally (which is always possible), Professor Partha Kar, who is the NHS England co-lead on diabetes technology confirmed at the end of March that some of us - IF we meet the new...

Hello Jaylee Thanks for your reply. With all due respect, unless I have misread various press releases issued by NICE, NHS England and interviews given and tweets put out by the NHS England co-lead for diabetes technology at the end of March/beginning of April this year, the Libre 3 (and any...

I'm very sorry to hear that jaywak. I assume you were keen to use the Libre 3. It doesn't seem right that one's glucose control needs to be poor to be eligible for this device.

No I haven't had a meeting with my consultant yet, and won't until later this year (the pandemic is still playing havoc with appointments where I live). I want to get a sense of how difficult the NHS are going to make it to access the Libre 3 if a patient thinks they're eligible. Or indeed, any...

Hello Has anyone in the UK had a meeting with their diabetes consultant yet to discuss whether they should have the Libre 3? If yes, how did the meeting go? Was it difficult or easy to persuade your consultant that you should have the Libre 3? If your consultant said you couldn't have the...

The NICE guidelines are due to change on 1 April 2022. The new guidelines should mean that in England at least it is easier for Type 1s (and some Type 2s) to be given a proper continuous glucose monitor. The Libre 3 will be available (initially at least) through one's diabetes consultant and...

Thanks sunspots. I hope with every fibre of my being the NHS won't do as you suspect they might. I remember having my trusty blood glucose monitor being taken away from me and it being replaced by a blood glucose monitor made by the same manufacturer you mentioned because the test straps were...

Thanks sgm14. Yes, I suspect you are onto something there. The Libre 2 is definitely a flash glucose monitor and not a CGM because the Libre 2 has to be scanned to obtain a glucose reading. CGMs have been more expensive historically than flash glucose monitors. I note that some of our German...

Thanks sgm14 and counsellorneil. I believe a statement should be issued imminently by the NHS about eligibility because I think access to the Libre 3 is supposed to start from 1 April 2022. From the information leaked on the internet so far, yes it seems that the NHS want to integrate use of...

Yes Daibell I was quite surprised also. With the Libre 1 I think I had literally at most two sensors fail over the course of just over a year. Unfortunately the number of Libre 2s I've had fail is in double figures. As for accuracy issues, clearly the manufacturer has changed the algorithm...