Freestyle libre with medical exemption card

[drguiom]

Unfortunately, not all CCG's interpret the criteria in the same way. I believe some are still reluctant to prescribe them.
However, I would strongly recommend @drguiom discussed the possibility with his diabetes team. My understanding is that a diabetes consultant needs to approve them so most GPs seem to decline the requests. I guess it depends upon the CCG rules.

Dr Guiom, I used to buy my sensors from Asda pharmacy. That was a few years ago but they were the cheapest.
Quite a few people seem to buy them direct from Abbott. They are still running their free trial so you can get one for nothing.

many thanks for the prompt response

 

[Bruce Stephens]

I am type 3c but not 100% as to who qualifies and understood its a very limited subset.

There's a summary here https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-t...our-diabetes/testing/flash-glucose-monitoring

It's not that limited a subset, given that about 40% of people with Type 1 are receiving it on prescription. (I haven't seen a figure recently, but a couple of months ago it was 37%.)