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<blockquote data-quote="etmsreec" data-source="post: 2606578" data-attributes="member: 22426"><p>Very few local pharmacies hold or can obtain insulin pens. The reps leave them with the hospital DSNs, and - in England - it is expected that patients who need new pens will get them from the hospital. My limited experience of Scotland was the same.</p><p>My former diabetes consultant in Birkenhead was right re my GP surgery. He said the GP and their surgery probably have hundreds of type 2s on diet or diet and tablets, but maybe only a few diabetics on insulin. They just don’t understand it or have up to date training.</p><p></p><p>Whilst we may be getting told that our GPs are getting better and that they should be the ones to roll out insulin care in the same way that they have done with Libre, the patchy cover for Libre perhaps proves that there’s still some way to go. Some areas have 80% coverage for type 1s, whilst others are as low as 30% coverage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="etmsreec, post: 2606578, member: 22426"] Very few local pharmacies hold or can obtain insulin pens. The reps leave them with the hospital DSNs, and - in England - it is expected that patients who need new pens will get them from the hospital. My limited experience of Scotland was the same. My former diabetes consultant in Birkenhead was right re my GP surgery. He said the GP and their surgery probably have hundreds of type 2s on diet or diet and tablets, but maybe only a few diabetics on insulin. They just don’t understand it or have up to date training. Whilst we may be getting told that our GPs are getting better and that they should be the ones to roll out insulin care in the same way that they have done with Libre, the patchy cover for Libre perhaps proves that there’s still some way to go. Some areas have 80% coverage for type 1s, whilst others are as low as 30% coverage. [/QUOTE]
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