{'en': 'Patients with diabetes demand from healing a glucose control system with less punctures', 'es': 'Los pacientes con diabetes exigen a Sanidad un sistema de control de glucosa con menos pinchazos'} Image

Patients with diabetes demand from healing a glucose control system with less punctures

  
fer
06/13/2017 10:22 a.m.

The Spanish Diabetes Federation (FEDE) has requested from the Ministry of Health the inclusion of the Glucose Monitoring Flash System in the basic services portfolio of the National Health System (SNS), in view of the positive recommendations in this regard, both of bothThe Spanish Network of Health Technologies Evaluation Agencies such as the Diabetes Advisory Council of the Basque Country, which support and justify said request.

This technology allows, today, to reduce the number of daily punctures to which a person with diabetes has to be subjected to know their glucose levels;and reduce the risk of hypoglycemia, as well as other health complications associated with poor medium and long -term diabetes control.

"He has shown that he contributes qualitatively to improve the quality of life of people with diabetes" in this regard and during this meeting, the president of Fede, Andoni Lorenzo has justified the head of the basic portfolio of services of the SNS and pharmacy, incarnationCruz, the need to incorporate this technology because "it has shown that it contributes qualitatively to improve the quality of life of people with diabetes."

To this, the First Vice President of Fede, AurelianIt provides information on the tendency of its levels, allowing to detect possible hypoglycemia. ”

"In this meeting we have verified the willingness of the Public Administration to take the step" apart from the justification based on the evidence and quality of life of the patients, this request is also based on the fact that innovation meets the criteria and requirementsrequired by the regulations to be included in the basic portfolio.And, as stated in article 5 of Royal Decree 1030/2006 of September 15, 2006, it is specified that “it must effectively contribute to prevention, diagnosis or treatment of diseases (…) or tothe elimination or decrease in pain and suffering. ”Likewise, it has been commented that there are already 13 countries around European, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, in which the system is funded by the public administration, being France the last one to approve it for a few months.

For its part, Cruz has transferred to FEDE representatives who, today, this issue is one of the priorities of the department that coordinates, therefore one of the issues that will be addressed at the next meeting of the Performance Commission, after which the representatives of people with diabetes will be located again, to know the progress in this regard.In the words of Andoni Lorenzo, “in this meeting we have verified the willingness of the public administration to take the step and incorporate this innovation that people with diabetes have been claiming for months.However, we want this decision to be made as soon as possible, due to the demand that the patient collective is doing, especially for children with diabetes. ”

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Maria elena
06/13/2017 6:52 p.m.

Let's see if we are lucky

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ajd
06/22/2017 11:17 a.m.

And you know if they are going to start it soon? If you have more information, could you share it here?, If not, I will not find out.Thank you so much.

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LuVi
06/22/2017 3:24 p.m.

We will see that the laboratories that have agreement with the Minister of Health for glucometers and strips have to be said, I do not think they are left with crossed arms seeing how they take away their ration of the cake.

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