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<p>Following an announcement by NHS England on 14 November 2018, flash glucose monitoring
systems will be made available on prescription for all patients with type 1 diabetes
who meet National Health Service criteria from April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>No estimate
has been made of the potential savings related to making flash glucose monitoring
technology available to all patients with diabetes.</p><p> </p><p>A search of the
Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified 272 items of correspondence
from members of the public received in 2018 about flash glucose monitoring. This figure
represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence
unit only. The Department has not been able to identify any correspondence specifically
from charities.</p>
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