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<blockquote data-quote="jopar" data-source="post: 50558" data-attributes="member: 11712"><p>Hi Fletch</p><p></p><p>A lot really depends on your consultant/clinic and PCT, Yes there is very clear guidelines to what quailifies a diabetic to insulin pump funding... But some clinics and PCT's seem to read these guidelines very differently to us...</p><p></p><p>Youu can get a basic pump such as mine the Accu-Check Spirit, along side newer pumps that include several different wizards that work out from your BG and carbs what bolus or correction bolus to use.. CGM can come as a stand alone unit, or a lot of the newer pumps do have a CGM combind into the pump unit..</p><p></p><p>There isn't any guidelines concerning who may or may not have funding, and so far what I've heard funding for a stand alone or the sensors for the combind unit if very rare indeed and entials a major battle to get funding...</p><p></p><p>The CGM's are good in many respects, but they do have there problems and still require finger prick testing with a normal meter, to calibrate each sensor and also if any warnings are given, these need to be doubled checked to whether the warning is correct and whether actions needs to be taken or not...</p><p></p><p>I think that you really need to speak again to your nurse, and ask what pumps support your clinic provides and what pumps are they using... And if you'll lucky enough to be able to consider self funding then ask you should have more options, but pumps do cost from around £2000 - £4500 + depending insulin pump, the running cost you are looking at around the £100+ mark, with replacing the pump every 4 years... As to the cost CGM's the stand alones I think start from around the £800ish mark, and the sensor cost between £50-£80 each, and each one will last for a max of 72 hours (3 days) and then would need changing...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jopar, post: 50558, member: 11712"] Hi Fletch A lot really depends on your consultant/clinic and PCT, Yes there is very clear guidelines to what quailifies a diabetic to insulin pump funding... But some clinics and PCT's seem to read these guidelines very differently to us... Youu can get a basic pump such as mine the Accu-Check Spirit, along side newer pumps that include several different wizards that work out from your BG and carbs what bolus or correction bolus to use.. CGM can come as a stand alone unit, or a lot of the newer pumps do have a CGM combind into the pump unit.. There isn't any guidelines concerning who may or may not have funding, and so far what I've heard funding for a stand alone or the sensors for the combind unit if very rare indeed and entials a major battle to get funding... The CGM's are good in many respects, but they do have there problems and still require finger prick testing with a normal meter, to calibrate each sensor and also if any warnings are given, these need to be doubled checked to whether the warning is correct and whether actions needs to be taken or not... I think that you really need to speak again to your nurse, and ask what pumps support your clinic provides and what pumps are they using... And if you'll lucky enough to be able to consider self funding then ask you should have more options, but pumps do cost from around £2000 - £4500 + depending insulin pump, the running cost you are looking at around the £100+ mark, with replacing the pump every 4 years... As to the cost CGM's the stand alones I think start from around the £800ish mark, and the sensor cost between £50-£80 each, and each one will last for a max of 72 hours (3 days) and then would need changing... [/QUOTE]
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