flash glucose monitoring

Hi, New user of Libre 2 sensor. Does anyone know when the alarm sounds outside the set boundary, will it sound a 2nd alarm if your blood sugar stays beyond that boundary for a length of time? Or is the alarm only triggered again if your blood sugar moves back inside the boundary then out...

Hello. I am type LADA. I fingerprick test at least ten times a day and am insulin dependent. However, my consultant at Mile End hospital has told me that I do not qualify for flash monitoring because I am not Type 1. However - I've just looked it up, and according to online sources - including...

I have Type 1 and I live in an area where the local CGC deprived diabetic people in the area of the opportunity of getting Freestyle Libre sensors on prescription. I find them extremely beneficial. My Hba1c has come down significantly since I have been using them. The drawback, of course is the...

Hello everyone, I am a fellow Type 1 Diabetic and I am looking for other Type 1 Diabetics to take part in a short 10 minute survey. I have decided to focus my final year project on the differences in psychological well-being and quality of life in Type 1 diabetics depending on which monitoring...

On World Diabetes Day (and I suspect, in honour of our support forum's 10th Birthday) - NHS England announced an end to the flash glucose monitoring postcode lottery. From April, this life-changing technology will be available on prescription across England to those who meet the criteria – no...

BBC Radio 4 Inside Health, tonight (Tuesday) at 9pm. Listing says they are talking new sensing device for T1. "First urine testing then finger pricking and now high-tech scanning. The monitoring of glucose levels is undergoing a revolution for patients with Type 1 Diabetes. Dr Margaret McCartney...

Many people have asked where Flash is available on the NHS. We have been gathering information around the UK to create a new helpful resource - The Flash Map. It’s a map of where we know Flash is available at the minute, where we know it isn’t and where there’s been no decision we know of so...

Many of you will have seen the announcement today that Flash GM will be available on the national NHS Drug Tariff in November 2017, meaning in principle, it will be available to people with diabetes in the UK on NHS prescription. We have been campaigning for this outcome for some time and so...

Flash glucose monitoring (Flash GM) is a new technology which has become popular amongst people with diabetes, despite not yet being available on the NHS. So popular, that many people are self-funding the technology. However, many people with diabetes who could benefit from using the technology...