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Hello Following the closure of my nearest pharmacy I am now getting my insulin sent to me via Royal Mail. My first delivery was packed with a couple of clear plastic bags containing what I thought was frozen water to keep it cool. The liquid inside the bag has now melted and I've discovered...

My understanding is the Libre 3 and the Libre 2 are exactly the same in terms of what's inside the sensor. The only differences are supposed to be: 1. The Libre 3 is smaller; 2. The Libre 3 software app is configured to display sensor readings every 60 seconds (Libre 2's LibreLink app also...

The Libre 3 uses less plastic than the Libre 1 or Libre 2. It also uses 70% less packaging than the Libre 1 or Libre 2. I'm sure there is an initial sunk cost for retooling production lines to make an all-in-one product and also pack it in a smaller box, but after that the Libre 3 must be...

You might be right @barrym. There is of course a third possibility. That when the NHS was negotiating the price it would pay for the Libre 3 sensors, it failed to take account of what was happening with Libre 3 pricing in other markets and simply made a bad deal with Abbott. Because someone...

It truly is a no brainer. 80% of the amount the NHS spends each year on diabetes is spent treating preventable complications. Why not give diabetics the tools (and training/support) they need at the outset to prevent those complications arising in the first place?

Hello Barrym I'm surprised any clinician is proactively encouraging the use of any medical device (including software) that has not been scrutinised and licensed for such use by the UK's official, government-backed medical devices regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory...

Congratulations Zinadane I will be extremely surprised if your local integrated care system (the former clinical commissioning group) isn't funding your Libre 3. My Endo has dangled the prospect of a Libre 3 much later in the year, with an insulin pump.

The Freestyle Libre 3 cannot be bought at present in the United Kingdom. Only Professor Kar (NHS England diabetes co-lead) and Abbott know why.

Hi becca59 I must take issue with you on a few points you make about alerts. Yes, if one is retired or of working age and one works in an environment where noise isn't an issue, then absolutely the alarms should be as loud as a user wants. Unfortunately, in the 21st century there are still...

I agree, the failure to be transparent and explain - to adult diabetics who pay into the system like everyone else - what is going on with the implementation in England of the Libre 3 has become really annoying, bordering on patronising. I remember a tweet from Prof Kar when the Libre 2 was...

Hello barrym The NHS England diabetes co-lead Partha Kar tweeted last week, suggesting that Abbott had not made a formal application for the Libre 3 to go on prescription in England. He did not explain why not. As he is the one negotiating with Abbott about NHS England pricing, etc of the...

It's a postcode lottery. I saw my Endo a few days ago. They confirmed to me no one in our integrated care system area is using Freestyle Libre 3 because ultimately the ICS has to pay for the Libre 3 sensors through the funding arrangements used and my ICS hasn't (won't?) implemented the...

I have recently (at the direction of Abbott Customer Services and contrary to the email instructions sent by Abbott on 23 February 2023) uninstalled the previous version of Librelink (2.8.2) and then installed the new version (2.8.4) of Librelink. I am still not sure if low and high glucose...

They have bought themselves some time by issuing a belated statement (although I heard there have been a significant number of patient complaints filed with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency over the last few months). They've known for months now that Android OS 13 was...

A suggestion. If anyone believes that (a) a glucose sensor failure (or run of two or more sensor failures) or (b) issues getting their flash or continuous glucose monitoring software app on their mobile phone to scan or provide low or high glucose alarms they have set has delayed them...

I've read some reviews on the German version of Trustpilot. It appears some German users of the Libre 3 (which is supposed to be readily available in Germany) are reporting challenges getting timely deliveries of their Libre 3. I've also read that some USA users of Libre 3 are having the same...

Good morning @Zinadane Are you suggesting that the Freestyle Libre 3 will become freely available in the UK to buy from Abbott online and also for GPs to prescribe the Libre 3 from October 2023? If the answer is yes, please could you say how you know this? I've seen nothing online or anything...

The MHRA licensed Abbott to make the Freestyle Librelink app available to UK diabetics to provide (for diabetics that want them) when in normal use and in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, low and high glucose alarms with a compatible mobile phone. If Librelink isn't doing that...

Read your account of the issues you are experiencing with the Freestyle Librelink app with interest. May I suggest, if you really want to put pressure on Abbott to fix the problems that many UK users of their Librelink app have been having for several months now, that you consider going online...

Good morning @jonathan183 Forgive me, which leaflet are you referring to that you say indicates a used glucose sensor is considered to be principally "waste electrical equipment"? The document from NHS England (London) which I linked above does not do so. Are you suggesting the advice given...