The freestyle libre and the problems people have getting it have just been covered. The first shot was of the PM using it. You should be able to find it on iPlayer
Don't get too excited, it was a very short and superficial item.The freestyle libre and the problems people have getting it have just been covered. The first shot was of the PM using it. You should be able to find it on iPlayer
I agree, any mention that raises awareness is a good thing but the problem with news items are that they are so restricted in the time available that the information they can impart is, as I say, superficial. Hopefully a programme with more time will be able to take up the subject and cover it in more detail. I don't like the expression "postcode lottery" in this context, lotteries are random but the difference in supply of CGM in different parts of the country results from decisions being made by CCG's, hopefully they don't toss a coin to decide. A good subject to cover in a programme would be how they come to these decisions.But it's the first time the issue has been discussed on mainstream media as far as I know and the commons Select Committee on diabetes discussed it recently.
I agree they made good use of the 3 mins 30 secs allocated, but it is a complicated subject and in the same programme they found 6 mins to talk to an author plugging her new book.I thought that it was a good piece. Any news report is going to be limited in time and I think they covered a lot of important points - obviously how much of a postcode lottery it is, and the fact T1 is autoimmune. Also showing the 2 case studies showed this isn't "fat & lazy diabetics" and that this is life changing and helping children have a better today and future (of course thousands of adults would benefit too but the kids focus a lot of people's minds more!)
I don't like the expression "postcode lottery" in this context, lotteries are random but the difference in supply of CGM in different parts of the country results from decisions being made by CCG's, hopefully they don't toss a coin to decide.
I agree they made good use of the 3 mins 30 secs allocated, but it is a complicated subject and in the same programme they found 6 mins to talk to an author plugging her new book.
Sorry I don't care how "trustworthy" the libre is, provided people are getting better A1c and fewer hypos by using it.
Sorry, Ringi, I take your point.Sorry I don't care how "trustworthy" the libre is, provided people are getting better A1c and fewer hypos by using it.