SWL clinicians are advised not to prescribe CGM including flash glucose monitoring for patients outside of the guidance below.
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Adult Patients Living with Type 1 Diabetes Guidance
Funding on the use of continuous glucose monitoring for people with type 2 diabetes is under review in SWL, in the interim, continuous glucose monitoring should only initiated by an appropriate specialist or specialist team* for people with type 2 diabetes who fall within one of the following cohorts:
- People on haemodialysis and on insulin treatment, who are clinically indicated, defined as those requiring monitoring more than 8 times daily, as demonstrated on a meter download or on review, in the last 3 months.
- People with diabetes associated with cystic fibrosis on insulin treatment.
- People who are living with a learning disability that is recorded on their GP learning disability register
*the specialist will initiate the device, train and provide a minimum of 4 weeks of sensors and transmitters.