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Saw my consultant on Friday and he agreed that I now met the criteria as set out on April 1st this year and has agreed to prescribe it for me. Long long battle finally won.

I have read and seen adverts that you can now update your Libre reader and or your phone app to provide more accurate readings. Has anyone updated yet and if you do update can you continue to use the same sensor or do you need to start a new one.

Wondering if anyone else having this problem. Checked my blood today before setting off to work and everything worked OK. 30 Mins later arrived at work and went to check blood again. The App had reset itself and was asking me to sign in. tried several times but kept getting "network error" I can...

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...

Just read this on the BBC news website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health If true, this is great news for those of us who use the Freestyle Libre system

Went to my local Superdrug Pharmacy today to collect two new Libre sensors only to be told that Superdrug have put the price up by £5 per item to £40. When I asked why I was informed that it was that at £35 each they were not making any profit. Sad to see another of our High St stores profiting...

Self explanatory see link below https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/994343/nhs-postcode-lottery-denies-diabetes-patch-theresa-may-flash-glucose-monitor

Nice to see our Prime Minister wearing her Libre sensor on display when meeting the President.

Second post of the day but here goes. Whilst recently on holiday in Crete I was caught out in a thunderstorm and got soaked to the skin. My Libre reader was as usual in my shirt breast pocket and it too got a good soaking. I soon found out the machine had completely stopped working, even after I...

Just thought I would give a heads up as to Boots position on the Freestyle Libre. I recemtly bought a sensor from my small,local boots pharmacy and paid £35. All well and good, but when I collected it I was informed that they would no longer be supplying them without a prescription. I contacted...

There is an online petition regarding the Freestyle Libre system that I signed some time ago. The government have just responded to it, the link is below. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/204550?reveal_response=yes

Just had an update from my G.P. about funding the Libra on the NHS. To say I am annoyed and disappointed is an understatement Basically because I have been funding the Libra system myself and as a result of which my control is now almost perfect, the NHS will not fund the system for me because...

Anyone else ever encounter this before ? Yesterday I was out in the wilds of Northumberland with my family when we stopped for some lunch. tested my blood and saw it was a little high, around 8.4 so decided to take some insulin. Imagine my horror when I found that my Novo Pen would not work, the...