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CGM Sensors on prescription for Type 2 diabetics

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fiona35

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I just wondered if there were many type 2’s on MDI that have actually managed to obtain CGM sensors on prescription?
I’ve previously asked if I can have them and been told no, but wondered who I needed to contact to try and fight for it?
I live by myself and also have Long Covid chronic fatigue and it’s exhausting finger pricking all the time. When I can afford it, I will buy them but it’s a treat and not a regular thing!
My family are concerned about me having hypos and so far I’ve been able to treat by myself due to the fact jelly babies are stashed everywhere!
Is there ‘specific wording’ I should be asking the diabetic nurse?
Thank you
 
fiona35 said:
I just wondered if there were many type 2’s on MDI that have actually managed to obtain CGM sensors on prescription?
I’ve previously asked if I can have them and been told no, but wondered who I needed to contact to try and fight for it?
I live by myself and also have Long Covid chronic fatigue and it’s exhausting finger pricking all the time. When I can afford it, I will buy them but it’s a treat and not a regular thing!
My family are concerned about me having hypos and so far I’ve been able to treat by myself due to the fact jelly babies are stashed everywhere!
Is there ‘specific wording’ I should be asking the diabetic nurse?
Thank you
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Hi - basically it depends on what your local NHS is prepared to pay for. As CGMs (and blood monitoring generally) are still not thought (officially, via the NICE guidelines) to be an absolute requirement for T2 management, it's unlikely that they would pay for them. This is (part of) what the current NICE guidelines say:

Continuous glucose monitoring​

1.6.17​

Offer intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM, commonly referred to as 'flash') to adults with type 2 diabetes on multiple daily insulin injections if any of the following apply:

  • they have recurrent hypoglycaemia or severe hypoglycaemia
  • they have impaired hypoglycaemia awareness
  • they have a condition or disability (including a learning disability or cognitive impairment) that means they cannot self-monitor their blood glucose by capillary blood glucose monitoring but could use an isCGM device (or have it scanned for them)
  • they would otherwise be advised to self-measure at least 8 times a day.


The full guidelines are here:

Recommendations | Type 2 diabetes in adults: management | Guidance | NICE

www.nice.org.uk www.nice.org.uk

Your argument would need to demonstrate that you fall into one of the above categories - from what you say you might be able to convince them of the "recurrent hypoglycaemia" one.
 
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