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Hello Following two updates that Abbott made to its Librelink app in November and December 2022 I don't receive low or high alarms on my Android mobile phone. So I ordered and Abbott delivered a brand new Libre 2 Reader. I set up the Libre 2 Reader in accordance with the Reader's instruction...

Sorry to hear about the problems you're having @Deadeye_Pete. Abbott are still trying to fix the alarms and scanning issues with Librelink and mobile phones caused by the updates they put out in November 2022 and December 2022. They still don't seem to know when they will have it fixed...

That's good news. I'm pleased that your son's GP surgery is reconsidering its illogical, impractical "gatekeeping," budget-saving earlier decision.

There are many people who are also experiencing identical problems on both Android phones and iPhones, if other forums are anything to go by. My phone isn't on the list of "official" smartphones listed as compatible with Libre 2 and Librelink. However, if you go into the Freestyle Librelink app...

Integrated care boards/integrated care systems (the former clinical commissioning groups) are required legally to balance their budgets every year, just like local councils. Patients are an expense of that budget. I have seen guidance issued by my ICS/ICB telling.....sorry, I mean...

If you are diabetic and drive a motor vehicle in the UK, current UK Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency guidance says that you must have blood glucose strips in order to be able to check and verify a reading of 4 mmol/l or less received from a continuous glucose monitor or flash glucose monitor...

I am extremely sorry to hear what has happened. Anyone in the United Kingdom who believes they may have suffered an adverse medical event that necessitated medical treatment as a result of using one of these glucose monitors not working as it should, I implore you to report that adverse event...

I thought so. It is terribly wrong - and unprofessional - for a pharmacist or a GP to ask an ordinary consumer (a patient like you) to provide purchasing and supply information such as PIP codes for a medical product. It is THEIR job to know that detail, or to be able to obtain the...

Ultimately, the standard of care differs across the country because that is the system of healthcare which 650 members of Parliament (or their predecessors) have allowed to come into effect. Oh, and because the NHS in England receives a finite amount of money each year. That pot of money is...

Am I right in thinking either your GP or your pharmacist has asked you to provide the PIP codes for these insulin pens?

Thank you. I'm pleased you included at least one broadsheet. Wow! OK. I understand from reporting elsewhere that at least five of the children involved were disabled and were entitled as such to disability benefits (and the parents carers allowances) because of their disabilities. Which the...

I listened to the same reports on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme this morning. At the end of the broadcast this morning one of the presenters of the Today Programme read out a statement from the Scottish government which said the Scottish government had no intention of changing the current...

I would love to know in what broadsheet newspaper (or where online) you read that a family unit consisting of a mother, father and children receives benefits in the United Kingdom (which the OECD has stated as one of the least generous benefits systems in the entire world) totalling £84,000 in...

It always amazes me how many GPs in primary care suffer what can only be described as the most acute case of amnesia which renders them incapable of prescribing new drugs/medical devices when it has to come out of their budgets (which come from our taxes). Strange that!

The Freestyle Libre 3 is supposed to last 14 days, just like the Libre 1 and Libre 2. At the moment, with it having been lumped in with insulin pumps, hybrid closed loops, automated insulin delivery systems, etc, it is looking like an exceedingly small number of T1s are going to be able to get...

According to current Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority guidance, if you are diabetic living in the UK, drive a motor vehicle and you use a flash or continuous glucose monitor to check your glucose levels, then you  must whilst driving also carry blood test strips and be able to doublecheck...

Hello I have a question about smart insulin pens, specifically the Novo Nordisk smart insulin pens (the NovoPen 6 and NovoPen Echo Plus) that allow users to transfer insulin dosing information to compatible glucose monitoring apps, like the Freestyle LibreLink. As you know, when you first put...

Apparently in countries such as Germany, where the Libre 3 is more readily available than is the case in the UK, Abbott are already planning to discontinue the Libre 2. As I understand it the reason for discontinuing the Libre 2 is because it is significantly more expensive to make than the...

For anyone who lives in Greater London, on 5 October 2022 the NHS London Clinical Network for Diabetes (a group consisting of clinicians, patients and system partners) issued guidance ("A pan-London implementation document for continuous glucose sensors for adults with T1 diabetes: written...

For anyone who lives in Greater London, on 5 October 2022 the NHS London Clinical Network for Diabetes (a group consisting of clinicians, patients and system partners) issued guidance ("A pan-London implementation document for continuous glucose sensors for adults with T1 diabetes: written...