The Australian NDSS IPC (Insulin Pump Consumables) list is a fairly inscrutable document. Many pumpers are not familiar with it or even aware of its existence! Hopefully my new Pump Infusion Sets article helps lay the information out in an accessible format. It’s available in the menu at the top of the BionicWookiee pages. It …
About half of the people with Type 1 Diabetes in Australia are eligible for subsidised CGM through NDSS. Broadly speaking, that’s people who are under 21, have concession status, or are pregnant (there is a little more detail to it). For a while Dexcom G6 has only been subsidised for people using the Tandem t:slim …
The Australian pump market continues to slowly develop, and my Insulin Pump Choices article has had another update. Notable developments since the last update include: Announcement of the Medtronic 780G pump. Initial launch of the Dexcom G6 CGM integration for the YpsoPump. Information about future pump options such as the Tandem Mobi and t:slim X3. Along …
This is a repeat of my 2020 Safety Net article, updated with the new 2021 costs. This is of course only relevant to Australia. It’s not cheap having chronic health conditions and constantly needing medication. There are some government concessions available beyond the standard PBS subsidy, but we need to take charge and make sure …
There’s been one change in the June NDSS pump consumables list, and that’s simply a name change for many (but not all) of Medtronic’s infusion sets. Instead of names like “Medtronic Paradigm Sure-T” you will now see “Medtronic MiniMed Sure-T”. But the devices themselves are unchanged. Any infusion sets with “Medtronic MiniMed” in their name …
One of the services provided by the Australian National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) is access to insulin pump consumables (reservoirs and infusion sets). Occasionally there are changes to the products available, and another such change quietly slipped in last week. A range of Medtronic infusion sets have just been taken off the market. Who is affected? Basically, …
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