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Information on diabetes care in the UK

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Hello, everyone. Who can give me details of how the NHS works? I would like to move to the UK but it is necessary to have control of our problem. I currently live in Italy and I am using free style Libre, novorapid and tresiba insulins and 0.4mm needles for injections. I am getting on very well with these treatments. Are they available through the NHS or will I have to take out health insurance?
 
Personally, after Brexit, and all the he agreements, disagreements, immigration rules, there are too many different variables to give a certain answer.
It seems there are different rules found everyday at the moment here.

Hopefully someone can point you in the right direction.
 
You can find more information here as there seem to be a few different factors as to whether you are entitled to NHS treatment. Initially it looks like you may need to pay for your own health care insurance once entering the country and then be able to apply thereafter.

You could contact diabetesUK or the govtUK website for more details regarding your personal circumstances. All of the best to you, please let us know how you manage.
 
Hi. All of those items are readily available in the UK but I think to use the NHS now you would need to pay a lump sum every year for a few years and have full access during that time. All diabetics in the UK have all their meds free but very few can have a Libre on the NHS unless you are a T1 with frequent hypos etc.
 
40% still means there is less than a 50/50 chance of the OP being prescribed Libre on the NHS, if they were to qualify for NHS treatment, so certainly cannot be assumed that they would get it on the NHS even though it CAN be prescribed. Many people here on the forum have struggled to get Libre on the NHS and some are still trying and I think the forum probably represents a higher proportion of Type 1 diabetics who are proactive about managing their condition than perhaps the general population and therefore in my opinion, would make better use of it.... not that that is anywhere is the prescribing guidelines.... Just my thoughts!
NovoRapid and Tresiba are both readily available, so the big queries would be firstly if you qualified for NHS treatment and secondly if you could persuade a consultant to authorize Libre on prescription.
 
rebrascora said:
40% still means there is less than a 50/50 chance of the OP being prescribed Libre on the NHS, if they were to qualify for NHS treatment,
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Sure. I'm just clarifying that while it's "very few" people with diabetes that can be prescribed a Libre (since people who aren't T1 aren't considered at all, yet (I think even if they're on MDI which is obviously stupid)), if you're T1 there's a decent chance of getting it. (I think the number should be much higher. I think it should be the normal unless an individual isn't suitable for some reason.)
 
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