Petition · past parliament

Make the Freestyle Libre (CGM) available on prescription for patients with T1D

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Make the Freestyle Libre (CGM) available on the NHS for T1D. The monitor is a continuous monitoring system that takes the patients blood sugar levels every 5 minutes. This is a lot of help as it doesn’t take any time to check your bloods it is quick and easy with just a swipe of your arm.
The FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system is designed to liberate patients from the hassles of glucose monitoring.You can now check your glucose levels anytime, anywhere! Just scan the FreeStyle Libre sensor to see your current glucose reading, where it's heading and the last eight hours of continuous data.

You can read more on the Freestyle Libre website.

https://www.freestylelibre.co.uk

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

15 Dec 2017 Petition opened for signatures
18 Dec 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Dec 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.