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type1tony.bsky.social
Restock of the hypo treats! #T1D #GBDoc #DiabetesChat
March 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
type1tony.bsky.social
What do you reckon the bolus should be folks? #DiabetesChat #GBDoc #T1D 😂
December 7, 2024 at 5:25 AM
type1tony.bsky.social
Having a change round in the home office. Found these #T1D DIY closed loop "antiques" 😂🤣 #GBDoc #DiabetesChat
February 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
kest1dsw.bsky.social
We did it! At least 8 of us rowed the entire channel 34k each for @breakthrought1d #GBDoc #DiabetesChat
November 17, 2024 at 10:14 AM
type1tony.bsky.social
Have been asked to print off a case for a T-Slim so I’ve spent a bit of time prototyping one and I’ve giving it a try out. #T1D #PayItForward #DiabetesChat #GBDoc
January 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
ipagscot.bsky.social
#GBDoc #DiabetesChat
ipagscot.bsky.social IPAG Scotland @ipagscot.bsky.social · Mar 8
Delighted to say we are now on BlueSky campaigning to improve Type 1 Diabetes Care across Scotland and the UK. #T1D
March 9, 2026 at 7:30 AM
type1tony.bsky.social
Looking forward to this on Saturday #PeerSupport #T1D #DiabetesChat #GBDoc
May 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
t1lesley.bsky.social
Very disappointing response. What will happen to #Type1Diabetes care in Scotland?

#GBDoc #T1D #DiabetesChat
ipagscot.bsky.social IPAG Scotland @ipagscot.bsky.social · Apr 21
Our college got their MSP @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social to ask about the withdrawal of funding for Diabetes tech this is the shocking response from @jennimintomsp.bsky.social
20 April 2026 Dear Foysol, Thank you for your email of 7 April 2026 on behalf of one of your constituents with their concerns about funding for diabetes technologies. The Scottish Government remains committed to supporting access to clinically appropriate, safe and effective diabetes care, including the use of technology where this is in line with clinical guidance and individual need. This commitment is set out in the Scottish Government’s Diabetes Improvement Plan, published in 2021 and concluded in March this year. It included a specific focus on expanding access to diabetes technologies. This is reflected in sustained investment since 2016. In total, the Scottish Government has invested over £50 million to support access to diabetes technologies, including £29.6 million between 2016 and 2022, £8.8 million in 2024-25 to expand access to closed loop systems, and £14.6 million in 2025 -26 to support onboarding and to meet the recurring costs of consumables for people using this technology. Current position on Closed Loop Systems Closed Loop Systems are now an established part of diabetes care for people with Type 1 diabetes in Scotland. National clinical guidance, including NICE and SIGN, sets out the expectation that this technology should be offered to people who are likely to benefit from it based on clinical assessment. The Scottish Government funding has supported the expansion of access to closed loop systems over recent years, and funding has now been baselined within NHS Boards’ allocations to ensure that the ongoing costs of consumables for people currently using a closed loop system will continue to be met. In line with this approach, the Scottish Government is not providing further centrally held funding specifically for expansion and is instead focusing on working with NHS Boards to embed closed loop systems as a business as usual part of Type 1 diabetes care. This includes commissioning a rapid value case to support consideration of future decisions through established NHS Scotland governance arrangements. NHS funding arrangements and accountability Funding for NHS services, including diabetes care and associated technologies, is agreed through the annual budget process and allocated to NHS Boards through established funding mechanisms. Where time limited, targeted funding has been provided in previous years to support national expansion or capacity, this has at times been accompanied by specific announcements. Where funding is incorporated within Boards’ overall allocations, it is managed through routine financial processes and does not typically involve separate ministerial announcements. Decisions on how funding is deployed locally are taken by NHS Boards, working within national policy frameworks, clinical guidance, and professional standards. Boards are expected to ensure that decisions are clinically led and based on individual patient need, rather than cost alone, and to work to minimise unwarranted variation in access across Scotland. Supporting equitable access The Scottish Government continues to work with NHS Boards and national partners to support equitable access to diabetes technologies and to reduce unwarranted variation where possible, including through national clinical networks and support arrangements designed to improve consistency of delivery. Existing users of approved diabetes technologies should continue to receive care based on clinical assessment and need. The Scottish Government recognises ongoing concerns about variation in access and continues to work within available resources and established NHS structures to support people living with diabetes across Scotland. I hope this response addresses the points raised by your constituent and helps clarify the current arrangements for funding and access to diabetes technologies. Yours sincerely, JENNI MINTO
April 21, 2026 at 5:54 PM
type1tony.bsky.social
Tell me you’re a #T1D travelling abroad without telling me you’re a #T1D flying abroad 😂 💙 #DiabetesChat #GBDoc
May 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
type1tony.bsky.social
‘Murica seems to suit me! #T1D #GBDoc #DiabetesChat 💙
November 27, 2024 at 8:17 PM
kest1dsw.bsky.social
Proud to be a #dedoc° virtual voice at #ATTD2025.

ATTD is a conference about technological advances in #diabetes.

Dedoc have paid for my access to the conference via their scholarship programme; all views are my own 💙 #gbdoc #diabeteschat @diabeteschat.bsky.social #dedoc°
March 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
t1lesley.bsky.social
Tomorrow (7/1/25) evening around 1710. There will be a debate in the Scottish Parliament about access to Diabetes Tech in Scotland. If you can’t attend in person you can watch it here.

#DiabetesTechCantWait #DiabetesChat #GBDoc #T1Diabetes

Please retweet

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January 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
kest1dsw.bsky.social
No one other than your diabuddies understands the soul destroying anxiety of a hypo at this time of night when you want to sleep but need to save your own life
#diabeteschat #GBDoc
November 19, 2024 at 11:39 PM
chezsiva.bsky.social
I guess I better give some insulin .. it’s Greek food and must be the feta cheese 😂 .. #t1d #diabeteschat #Gbdoc
December 7, 2024 at 5:35 AM
loopingntheloup.bsky.social
📣 Oh my goodness amazing news for this side of the 🌎!!! The first person has been given Teplizumab in the UK! Sam is 14 and his dad Chris has #T1D. Sam had @elsadiabetes screening. Please God this all goes great for them all 🙏🏻🤞🏻#DiabetesChat #GBDoc bwc.nhs.uk/news/birming...
Birmingham teenager first patient in the UK to receive groundbreaking diabetes treat | News
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February 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
type1tony.bsky.social
I did another blog thing, this time on travelling with T1D.

type1tony.com/2024/12/22/t...

#T1D #DiabetesChat #GBDoc
Type 1 travel turmoils
I reflect on a challenging period marked by the loss of loved ones and a road trip designed as a healing escape. Traveling with type 1 diabetes, I provide my take on navigating airport security pos…
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December 22, 2024 at 5:08 PM
marclungley.bsky.social
Ok, so I've just checked and having used #ControlIQ with my #TSlimX2 for about 24 hours for those hours I have a time in range of 97% and a time in tight range of 83%. I don't have to pre-bolus so much as well. Time in happiness off the charts!#GBDoc #DiabetesChat #T1D #dedoc
January 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
type1tony.bsky.social
Giving not a flying fook and putting all my tech out on display. There was a time in my life when anxiety and stigma would have had me wearing a t-shirt in the pool but I’ve come to accept that this is what keeps me here and safe #T1D #GBDoc #DiabetesChat 💙 🤖
May 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
marclungley.bsky.social
This is haunting. To think due to Banting’s Team’s work millions of us are still here. #GBDoc #dedoc #diabeteschat #T1D #Insulin4All #DiabetesAwarenessMonth
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November 25, 2024 at 6:34 PM
t1lesley.bsky.social
For those that think T1 is nothing. The admin is hell. I spent last week trying to find my pump infusion sets that sat 15 miles away for a week.

Organised my new backups as levemir is being discontinued.

And now this.

Let me know when you work it out.

#GBDoc #T1D #DiabetesChat
April 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
kest1dsw.bsky.social
So excited for the incoming simplera sync having received the email to say the upgrade training is due to be sent to me and I will be able to do it and make my first Simplera sync order 💙 #GBDoc #diabeteschat

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December 7, 2024 at 10:35 AM
ipagscot.bsky.social
We signed the open letter sent by Diabetes Scotland @diabetesuk.bsky.social to the First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social and the Health Secretary @angelaconstance.bsky.social

www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

#T1D #GBDoc #DiabetesChat

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May 21, 2026 at 12:46 PM
gbdocinfo.bsky.social
We will be teaming up with the lovely guys at @diabeteschat.bsky.social this Monday to chat about our Diagnosis Story!
We've all got one, so let's chat about it.

Find us over on Diabetes Chat page on X from 8.30pm on Monday

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#DiabetesChat
#T1D #T2D
November 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
shivgaffney.bsky.social
#diabetes #T1D #T2D #iredoc #gbdoc #diabeteschat

For anyone using Libre 3 / 3+ in group please see below urgent field safety notice from Abbott.

Contact freestylecheck.com to check if you have affected sensors which may give false low readings.

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November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
stonecold316babe.bsky.social
Dexcom one + sensors x 3 going spare.
I’ve posted on X as well.
I am on HCL so no longer needed.
Seems a waste with them just sitting on the side.
#T1D #diabetes #diabeteschat #GBDoc #Dexcom #CGM #diabetesawareness
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM