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So true and very informative

Hi I see you have written about Libre - as a T1 you are eligible - obtain NHS guidelines for Libre Eligibility off internet NHS site - tell Nurses your job prevents you from testing regularly and it’s making you very anxious - keep pushing and don’t take No for an answer - the evidence to...

Hi do not accept No - use your Libre View data to show how your HbA1c has improved - print off the NHS Libre criteria for getting Libre - use Edinburgh clinical trial by Gibbs and ABCD audit to support your case

Hi Do Not accept being turned down for Libre the vast majority of people are eligible - look for Libre NHS Criteria on the web - print off and use point 4 psycho / social reason - you are concerned enough to be on here and sound responsible enough to use appropriately - don’t accept no - get...

Unfortunately this website allows people like you to make wild claims - how does know what you claim is accurate Need say no more that you think the Libre measures BG - it doesn’t

Think about what you have said - the tolerance level was tightened from 20% to 15% around 3 years ago - some manufacturers struggled - see Freckmann clinical paper on internet - if they could achieve better they would so they could say their product is most accurate - unfortunately CCGs don’t...

Think you mean they need to be within 15% difference of a reference sample - wouldn’t be much use if they were only 15% accurate

I suppose the sentence you have written -The Libre uses a different mechanism to calculate BG - for a start, it doesn't use blood; it uses interstitial fluid. - it doesn’t calculate BG at all it is the glucose levels in interstitial fluid How do you know what is accurate? How did you test the...

Nice summary on the trip of a sensor - they also go to Ireland for assembly

Hi you should be able to get Sensors from any pharmacy - the independent ones can open an account on the Libre website - while the big chains like Lloyd’s Boots Rowlands Asda all have accounts open go and the pharmacy to get you some

It’s not price fixing - clearly with respect there is a lack of understanding how the system works. There is the Drug Tariff price which is what the cost is to the NHS. This is agreed between the appropriate NHS bodies and the supplier. There could then be a retail price if the product can be...

Paul you are quite right - unfortunately some of the Meds Management teams are very short sighted. However they will then allow money to be wasted on repeating projects that have failed in the past

Dear All Every Lloyds, Boots, Sainsburys, Asda Rowlands pharmacy will be able to get Libre as they will have central accounts as they do for all drugs / products. The problem is some staff are better then others and some are toooooo busy to notice all changes going on - Get them to look up the...

Needs to be iPhone 7 or above - it's the in phone technology that had something missing called an NFC

Boots are charging you too much, complain to their Head Office - Check other pharmacies like a local one or Lloyds, Asda

Just wondering how you know your meter is accurate? Did you conduct an accuracy test on it. Is it a model that has passed the new accuracy standards from 2016. There will be differences between a Libre and Meter as they measure different fluids, they could both be right