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Nonesense. I have self funded for the last three years have proved beyond doubt to all concerned that my diabetese has never been better controlled but my consultant has said I I stand no chance of getting them on the NHS because I am so well controlled. I have involved my M.P. the secretary of...

After reading the above comment regarding Tescos I contacted my local large branch and asked about buying the sensors from them. Imagine my surprise when the pharmacist told me she had never had to issue any. She said she could possibly order me some but could not give me a price until they were...

Has anyone benefitted from the so called changes on April 1st ?

As they are such a money spinner for Abbott, you would think they would increase output

He did say that 24 was unusual but he had several NHS customers who always had prescriptions for 12, the usual number on a prescription was 6. When I suggested that perhaps he limited issuing them to a maximum of 4 at a time and that customers should return when they were down to 1 unused one...

Hi all, went to my local Asda this morning to purchase a couple of sensors, to be told by the pharmacist that they were out off stock and he didn't know when he could get any more. He blamed the high numbers of sensors being prescribed by some Doctors/Consultants, who were prescribing as many as...

Playing devils advocate here but, does everyone on this forum really finger prick every time before driving ? Doubt it and I doubt anyone will admit not to.

Yesterday I saw my Diabetic Consultant for my annual review. I asked him how the new guidlines for issuing the Libre on prescription would change and if I was likely to get it. Once again he said no because my diabetes was well in control with my HB1AC reading at 7.0 ie 50 mmol/mol and...

I do, but the CCG's will not recognise a scan using Libre and insist that the scans must be by fingerpricking and you must fingerprick at least 8 times a day, which sort of defeats the point of the Libre.

Yes, but you could fingerprick and get a reading say of 5 but you could actually be dropping. At least the Libre shows if you are rising or falling.

Well done, about time the DVLA saw sense in this matter. Now all we need is for all of us to get it free on the NHS

Yup exactly the same for me and my consultant says it won't change come April 1st.

For what its worth. I worked shifts in the Police for over 20 years as a type 1 diabetic. i retired and now work part time, also working shifts, although not as extreme as the Police pattern. Just got to be careful, keep testing on a regular basis, much easier now with Libre, and accept the fact...

Whilst talking about the Libre, just been to my local Asda to pick up a couple and they have increased the price from £44 to £46.26. Not a lot I know but I wonder if this is a price increase from Abbott or just Asda wanting to make more money from us.

This is the problem that those of us who have self funded face. Because we don't need to fingerprick 8 times a day and because our diabetic control has improved so much, we don't qualify to get the Libre on the NHS. If we let our selves go to pot and start fingerpricking again, the we will...

Lot of dodgy political anti government "facts" in this thread. The sensors we get in this country are manufactured here, so we are not near the bottom of the supply chain. Why is it the Prime Ministers fault that it is still hard to get in on the NHS, surely that's down to local CCG boards ...

On a similar note, my local Asda did get them in withing 24 hours of me asking, they do stock them all the time (usually) but will also order them in as requested. If it costs the NHS £35 per sensor to buy, then why can't we buy them direct from the NHS at that price plus say a small admin...

Seem to be in short supply again. Rang round all my local Asda pharmacy's and none had any in stock.

£67 on Amazon for example.

I've been on them for years now, at least six and I've never had any problems at all.