Thanks for the replies folks,
I was finally told I could have the pump in October and the process was, you went on one Monday for the training and then the following Monday you started to use it. I was told I would be getting it just after Christmas because there was only one person ahead of me and they were starting at the end of October.
I got a call in February to tell me to come in for the training session and assumed they must have my pump and I would be starting to use it a week later. When I went in, the DSN showed me the pump (MiniMed Paradigm Veo) and it's functions, got me to insert a cannula for practice and gave me a pump to get used to the buttons but not actually use yet, she then asked me what colour I wanted because she was ordering mine the next day. I was surprised by this and said I had kept some annual leave so that I could take a few days off to get used to it and that I needed to take the leave by the end of March, she said it shouldn't take that long and took my mobile number & Work number so she could let me know as soon as it came in.
As it's now over 4 weeks and I've not been contacted, it would appear that it hasn't arrived yet, this is why I thought it might be coming from abroad.
I completely understand how you feel Sid, it's an absolute disgrace and it will probably get much worse, private industry is not interested in people just profit.