Question for diabetics

I get them on prescription. I believe it varies by area how strict they are. I'm in Essex and I only managed to get them on prescription about a year ago. A family member was working in Newcastle hospital and they said they were prescribing them to many people a couple of years before. I asked every check up with my consultant (every 9 months or so) and they said no - there only prescribed if you have good control of diabetes. I think you'll only get one if you have type 1 diabetes, and it's under reasonable control (although to be fair mine wasn't particularly under control when I got it). But you can pay for them, they're about £50 each and last 2 weeks.

There were some problems with the ios app recently but I think that's all sorted now.

If you have type 1 they really are a game changer, especially now they automatically retrieve your reading every minute.