Something else that's irritating, it's been made into a Post Code Lottery. Let's all move to SW1A 2AA (downing Street). I bet her nibs doesn't have a problem getting hold of them, with or without a prescription.
Something else that's irritating, it's been made into a Post Code Lottery. Let's all move to SW1A 2AA (downing Street). I bet her nibs doesn't have a problem getting hold of them, with or without a prescription.
I bought 2 sensors from Boots in Reading yesterday. I asked and they said they hadn’t been told they can’t sell they them. Superdrug pharmacy was closed so don’t know what the situation is with them.
I have been buying my libre sensors from my local Boots. I normally buy 2 at once to last me a month. The last time I went in there was only one box but Boots said they’d order more. Checked at the weekend they hadn’t come in but I was told they’d be here for today.
When I went in on my way home from work the lady read out a notice they’d received I assume from Boots HQ saying they’d had lots of queries with regard to selling the sensors to patients and that patients should be directed to the Abbots website if they wish to purchase them!?!?
Has anyone else had problems? I’m going away tomorrow evening and my sensor runs out on Saturday . I’ll not be able to order one in time. Where do others buy theirs from and how much do you pay?
Thanks
Nikki
The Abbott patent looks pretty tight at first reading.
I read posts like this and no longer wonder why I moved to France! I am type 2 diabetic dependent on insulin, I have a Medtronic pump and am visited by a nurse every 6 months. 3 months ago my specialist recommended I try a Lifestyle Iibre system, it is fantastic, my blood sugars immediately dropped all the spikes disappeared and I started to feel better within 2 weeks. I do wonder if the wonderful prime minister had the same experience!! What is wrong with the Uk this system will save thousands of amputations, will save the sight of thousands and yet only for people that can afford £100 per month. The French health service - one of the best in Europe appreciate the saving spending money in the future. The UK has a health service only capable of short term thinking.I have been buying my libre sensors from my local Boots. I normally buy 2 at once to last me a month. The last time I went in there was only one box but Boots said they’d order more. Checked at the weekend they hadn’t come in but I was told they’d be here for today.
When I went in on my way home from work the lady read out a notice they’d received I assume from Boots HQ saying they’d had lots of queries with regard to selling the sensors to patients and that patients should be directed to the Abbots website if they wish to purchase them!?!?
Has anyone else had problems? I’m going away tomorrow evening and my sensor runs out on Saturday . I’ll not be able to order one in time. Where do others buy theirs from and how much do you pay?
Thanks
Nikki
I read posts like this and no longer wonder why I moved to France! I am type 2 diabetic dependent on insulin, I have a Medtronic pump and am visited by a nurse every 6 months. 3 months ago my specialist recommended I try a Lifestyle Iibre system, it is fantastic, my blood sugars immediately dropped all the spikes disappeared and I started to feel better within 2 weeks. I do wonder if the wonderful prime minister had the same experience!! What is wrong with the Uk this system will save thousands of amputations, will save the sight of thousands and yet only for people that can afford £100 per month. The French health service - one of the best in Europe appreciate the saving spending money in the future. The UK has a health service only capable of short term thinking.I have been buying my libre sensors from my local Boots. I normally buy 2 at once to last me a month. The last time I went in there was only one box but Boots said they’d order more. Checked at the weekend they hadn’t come in but I was told they’d be here for today.
When I went in on my way home from work the lady read out a notice they’d received I assume from Boots HQ saying they’d had lots of queries with regard to selling the sensors to patients and that patients should be directed to the Abbots website if they wish to purchase them!?!?
Has anyone else had problems? I’m going away tomorrow evening and my sensor runs out on Saturday . I’ll not be able to order one in time. Where do others buy theirs from and how much do you pay?
Thanks
Nikki
I buy mine on the internet if you are going to Spain all the Farmacia sell them can buy as many as you like.I have been buying my libre sensors from my local Boots. I normally buy 2 at once to last me a month. The last time I went in there was only one box but Boots said they’d order more. Checked at the weekend they hadn’t come in but I was told they’d be here for today.
When I went in on my way home from work the lady read out a notice they’d received I assume from Boots HQ saying they’d had lots of queries with regard to selling the sensors to patients and that patients should be directed to the Abbots website if they wish to purchase them!?!?
Has anyone else had problems? I’m going away tomorrow evening and my sensor runs out on Saturday . I’ll not be able to order one in time. Where do others buy theirs from and how much do you pay?
Thanks
Nikki
One might question what ideology underpins this and other equally flawed decisions...I read posts like this and no longer wonder why I moved to France! I am type 2 diabetic dependent on insulin, I have a Medtronic pump and am visited by a nurse every 6 months. 3 months ago my specialist recommended I try a Lifestyle Iibre system, it is fantastic, my blood sugars immediately dropped all the spikes disappeared and I started to feel better within 2 weeks. I do wonder if the wonderful prime minister had the same experience!! What is wrong with the Uk this system will save thousands of amputations, will save the sight of thousands and yet only for people that can afford £100 per month. The French health service - one of the best in Europe appreciate the saving spending money in the future. The UK has a health service only capable of short term thinking.
Paul Littler
Yes I have also experienced this and we are all.being held to ransom by abbott!!I have been buying my libre sensors from my local Boots. I normally buy 2 at once to last me a month. The last time I went in there was only one box but Boots said they’d order more. Checked at the weekend they hadn’t come in but I was told they’d be here for today.
When I went in on my way home from work the lady read out a notice they’d received I assume from Boots HQ saying they’d had lots of queries with regard to selling the sensors to patients and that patients should be directed to the Abbots website if they wish to purchase them!?!?
Has anyone else had problems? I’m going away tomorrow evening and my sensor runs out on Saturday . I’ll not be able to order one in time. Where do others buy theirs from and how much do you pay?
Thanks
Nikki
Isn't it interesting that you were told only after you had reached a critical point.When I went in on my way home from work the lady read out a notice they’d received I assume from Boots HQ saying they’d had lots of queries with regard to selling the sensors to patients and that patients should be directed to the Abbots website if they wish to purchase them!?!?
Has anyone else had problems? I’m going away tomorrow evening and my sensor runs out on Saturday . I’ll not be able to order one in time. Where do others buy theirs from and how much do you pay?
Thanks
Nikki
No. It's not. The Libre has been freely available to purchase for nearly four years in the UK. Distribution through pharmacies is purely to meet the requirement of them being available "on the NHS".Here in the US, the Libre sensors are labeled as a prescription device so without a prescription you cannot get them. This is a regulatory requirement mandated by FDA. It is likely the same in the UK. I would not expect the EU medical device classification procedures to be different in this case. Anyone can verify this by reading the IFU that accompanies each device. Is it possible Abbot is clamping down due to enforcement action from MHRA?
yes and it is called price fixing and is illegal. They are dressing it up but they will get away with it because by the tie that any investigation happens they will have changed their policyNo. It's not. The Libre has been freely available to purchase for nearly four years in the UK. Distribution through pharmacies is purely to meet the requirement of them being available "on the NHS".
As a result, people using the work around of buying them from pharmacies is technically allowed, but inhibits Abbott's income.
What I suspect has happened is that Abbott has "complained" to the companies supplying pharmacy goods to punters that the price they have them for is only to the NHS, and not for direct sales, so they shouldn't be selling them direct, and if people turn up looking to buy them, they need to go to the Abbott website.
In the meantime, the NHS is operating a postcode lottery on what criteria you need to meet in order to get Libre on prescription while this process is making interest much greater, while Abbott is unable to supply enough to meet demand and you have to be an existing customer buying only two at a time, making it a bit of a ****show.
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Resultant outcome is that, while it's available on the NHS, you still have to be lucky to get it, and if you are an existing user, you have to pay Abbott a ton of cash.
If you are not an existing user, and in one of the many areas where the NHS criteria are unhelpful, you are basically screwed.
I was thinking of writing to the PM myself about it as a fellow type 1 she might have some sympathy
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