Ms Stanley is pleased to advise that "effective from July 1st more people with type 1 diabetes will have subsidised access to life changing Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) through the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS)".
This will bring down the costs of CGM products from 390 per year for Australians over the age of 21 with Type 1 diabetes. CGM will continue to be free of charge for those under 21 with Type 1 diabetes, concession card holders with Type 1 diabetes and those who are pregnant, post-pregnancy or trying to become pregnant and have Type 1 diabetes.
Ms Anne Stanley said, "access to these technologies is likely to prevent complications in people with diabetes and reduce the significant social, human, and financial burden of this disease on government, health systems, and more importantly people and families of people with diabetes".
This initiative will benefit residents of Werriwa, "this is not just an issue of equity for people suffering from a lifelong disease; it's about caring for Australians who have to manage their condition every hour of everyday," Ms Stanley said.
The Government is also delivering on its commitment to expand the eligibility criteria for the separate Insulin Pump Program.
This will provide an additional 35 fully subsidised insulin pumps a year to allow young adults aged 18 to 21 with type 1 diabetes from financially disadvantaged families to benefit from this life-changing technology.
