FreeSytle Libre audit reveals improved control

[Northerner]

A nationwide audit of the FreeStyle Libre by the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) has revealed improved diabetes control in people with type 1 diabetes during the first six months of usage.

Using the flash blood glucose monitoring device led to lower blood glucose levels in people with high levels before use of the device and a reduction in hypoglycaemia, according to the audit.

Seventy hospitals in the UK have contributed to the audit, which has been led by academics from the University of Hull, alongside clinicians from Birmingham, Derby and Hull.

The audit compared the findings over the first six months of FreeStyle Libre compared with the year preceding use of the technology. Baseline data was been collected from 3,382 people, with HbA1c data on 715 people after as well as before use of FreeStyle Libre.

https://diabetestimes.co.uk/freesytle-libre-audit-reveals-improved-control/

 

[mikeyB]

That won’t change access to the Libre one jot, I predict. Anyone think any different?

 

[SB2015]

I know that my graph of HbA1c results takes a good step down after I switched to a pump and then dropped again by 10 when I started to use the Libre. So it can have a big impact. Not sure what is giong ti haooen to funding these in the future, but I do know that the CCG have relaxed their criteria and are now using the national ones.

Hopefully no more threats from GP about taking prescription away if one of the many old targets is not met.