Some Primary Trusts recommend the GP’s limit the number of test strips to average 4 per day but I have never had any problems with getting my GP to give me prescriptions for the equivalent of 8 per day. But this could account for some people’s personal costs.
Abbot’s Libre is a game changer for many people for the equivalent of about 4-5 test strips per day, you get 15 minute testing throughout the day. And now that Libre is able to be prescribed, there will be more and more people going that way.
I personally use a CGM rather than the Libre because it is integrated with my pump but the cost equivalent is about the same.
I’ve moved to Australia now, I’m a bit more out of pocket here, but still only about A$20-30 which I am happy with.
I’ve been a type 1 diabetic in UK, Australia, Japan and had no problems with any of their systems. In Japan the price is different if you are Japanese or gaijin but still very good value. I’m glad I became diabetic after I lived in the US, would not have lived to have to deal with it there.
