Diabetes Australia took a easy but highly effective message to the halls of Parliament Home in Canberra this week: Australians dwelling with all forms of diabetes ought to have equitable entry to the expertise they should dwell effectively.
Highlighting our advocacy for elevated subsidies for insulin pumps and steady glucose monitoring (CGM) units, a delegation from Diabetes Australia, together with folks dwelling with diabetes, met with Senators and Members of Parliament to debate the life-changing nature of those applied sciences.
Proud mum of two Katie Godden, endocrinologist Dr Ben Nash, and former AFL star Paddy McCartin (pictured above) all dwell with kind 1 diabetes and shared their tales with the nation’s coverage makers in regards to the significance of diabetes applied sciences. Far left is Diabetes Australia’s Taryn Black.
Diabetes Australia’s coverage paper outlines the steps wanted to create extra reasonably priced entry to CGM units and insulin pumps, together with financial modelling that exhibits a $200 million bundle of funding would assist practically 40,000 folks dwelling with diabetes to entry these applied sciences, prioritising these with the best want.
Acknowledging that subsidies to enhance entry will probably have to be delivered in a staged strategy over time, the paper recommends key precedence teams within the first occasion, with additional growth sooner or later.
The paper additionally outlines suggestions for modifications to the way in which diabetes applied sciences are assessed and authorised in Australia and funding within the diabetes workforce to assist folks dwelling with diabetes get essentially the most out of expertise.
A busy day at Parliament Home on November 20 noticed the Diabetes Australia group meet with many Members of Parliament and Senators together with Dr Mike Freelander MP and Shadow Well being Minister Anne Ruston. Nice connections had been fashioned as advocates mentioned how vital expertise is for folks dwelling with diabetes.
