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<blockquote data-quote="mang_out" data-source="post: 1635082" data-attributes="member: 250698"><p>I went to my GP today and read a minute they receive from the NHS Lothian Medicines Management team. Its really only specific to Midlothians in Scotland but you can see the red tape we are all having to go through...</p><p></p><p>Basically they have been informed not to prescribe the sensors until the system is added to the Scottish Drug Tariff(which it has in November been added <a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/Scottish-Drug-Tariff/Docs/November-2017/2017-11-SDT-PART-9.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/Scottish-Drug-Tariff/Docs/November-2017/2017-11-SDT-PART-9.pdf</a> see page 4). It seems they're not the only committee in on this as the Lothian Joiint Formulary has one too: From the minute it reads "<em>The position of Freestyle Libre has yet to be established on the LJF and until that is agreed it is strongly recommended that GPs should not prescribe</em>". </p><p></p><p>So I went to the LJF website and requested this information:</p><p>"Specific advice has been received from the Scottish Diabetes Group which details those individuals who may be suitable for this technology (Freestyle Libre). This advice emphasises this product should be initiated by secondary care diabetes specialist teams.</p><p></p><p>I have been given a Freestyle Libre pack from my diabetes specialist team and have trialed the system for the past fortnight with groundbreaking insight and trend information never known in my 25 years of diabetes care. </p><p></p><p>The position of Freestyle Libre has yet to be established on the Lothian Joint Formulary and <u>until that is agreed it is strongly recommended that GPs should not prescribe</u>.</p><p></p><p>From the short time I have had this device the information that is at hand, trend information for past eight sleep hours, early warnings for hypos and hypers, duration and length of time for a hyper to stabilise. I was able to test my blood sugar levels 20-30 times per day. Reports and data that can be made available to diabetes specialists.</p><p></p><p>It seems that GPs will not start issuing prescriptions for this system's sensors until it has been established by you the LJF, can you please tell me whether this system will be established on the LJF and when do you see this happening?"</p><p></p><p>I am not expecting anything back, but hopefully this system will be established soon and we will be able to get it on prescription in the Lothian's of Scotland. Hopefully the brain's will realise just how important this new type of sensor can be. It's definitely no walk in the park</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mang_out, post: 1635082, member: 250698"] I went to my GP today and read a minute they receive from the NHS Lothian Medicines Management team. Its really only specific to Midlothians in Scotland but you can see the red tape we are all having to go through... Basically they have been informed not to prescribe the sensors until the system is added to the Scottish Drug Tariff(which it has in November been added [URL]http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/Scottish-Drug-Tariff/Docs/November-2017/2017-11-SDT-PART-9.pdf[/URL] see page 4). It seems they're not the only committee in on this as the Lothian Joiint Formulary has one too: From the minute it reads "[I]The position of Freestyle Libre has yet to be established on the LJF and until that is agreed it is strongly recommended that GPs should not prescribe[/I]". So I went to the LJF website and requested this information: "Specific advice has been received from the Scottish Diabetes Group which details those individuals who may be suitable for this technology (Freestyle Libre). This advice emphasises this product should be initiated by secondary care diabetes specialist teams. I have been given a Freestyle Libre pack from my diabetes specialist team and have trialed the system for the past fortnight with groundbreaking insight and trend information never known in my 25 years of diabetes care. The position of Freestyle Libre has yet to be established on the Lothian Joint Formulary and [U]until that is agreed it is strongly recommended that GPs should not prescribe[/U]. From the short time I have had this device the information that is at hand, trend information for past eight sleep hours, early warnings for hypos and hypers, duration and length of time for a hyper to stabilise. I was able to test my blood sugar levels 20-30 times per day. Reports and data that can be made available to diabetes specialists. It seems that GPs will not start issuing prescriptions for this system's sensors until it has been established by you the LJF, can you please tell me whether this system will be established on the LJF and when do you see this happening?" I am not expecting anything back, but hopefully this system will be established soon and we will be able to get it on prescription in the Lothian's of Scotland. Hopefully the brain's will realise just how important this new type of sensor can be. It's definitely no walk in the park [/QUOTE]
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