Last call for insulin pump funding support letters…

7 March 2010
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Last month I mentioned Ruth Hill, who is putting together an application to the Ministry of Health for funding for insulin pumps and their consumables.

She needs as many letters as possible to submit with her application, so please write yours and send it to her at ruthanna99@gmail.com. She already has more than 121 letters, but the more she has, the more compelling her application will be.

I’ve mentioned this before, and if you’ve sent a letter already or even decided against sending one for whatever reason, please skip over the rest of this post.

However, if you believe in this lobbying, and have just not had time to write a letter, you still…

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By Nic on 7 March 2010 at 8.47 pm
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Support our societies. Send no money now!

19 February 2010
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Are you a member of your local diabetes society? How about Diabetes NZ? Say what you like about what you personally get back from donating to these societies (sometimes it can be hard to see the tangible benefits, I know) but there are lots of things which go on behind the scenes which you don’t necessarily know about (lobbying government for example, advising on our rights in primary health care etc) as well as some of the more overt stuff like conferences and the boring-but-necessary stuff like pamphlets for the newly diagnosed.

I encourage you to do something which will cost you NO MONEY to support Diabetes New Zealand. Did you know that

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By Nic on 19 February 2010 at 7.29 am
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Pumpers: help yourselves!

14 February 2010
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Hi everyone

Last week I mentioned Ruth Hill, who is putting together an application to the Ministry of Health for funding for insulin pumps and their consumables.

She needs as many letters as possible to submit with her application so please write yours and send it to her at ruthanna99@gmail.com.

It doesn’t need to be long. I’ve put a short template together for you here to copy and paste into a word document.

<Your address line 1>
<Your address line 2>
<Your address line 3>
<Your address line 4>

<date>

Dear Hon Tony Ryall

Please give serious thought to our application for funding for insulin pump consumables.

<Your story about how…

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By Nic on 14 February 2010 at 12.04 pm
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Free insulin pumps and consumables!

4 February 2010
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OK, now that I’ve got your attention, I have a request to ask of you. (Sorry, there are no free insulin pumps and consumables…. but we are going to try to at least get the MoH to consider subsidising both, or just the consumables).

A friend of mine, Ruth Hill, is getting together an Application for Funding to the Ministry of Health for insulin pumps and consumables. Here is her message, below:

Right people. I URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP. I want to make an Application for Funding to the Ministry of Health. I need emails/letters from as many people as possible explaining how your life has or would be drastically improved by the best Type 1 diabetes management out there…

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By Nic on 4 February 2010 at 10.02 am
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Subsidy for lancets?

9 December 2009
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Hi everyone

This is going to sound like a really stupid question, but do any of you get lancets on prescription? I’ve been back from the UK for three years now and have always just assumed for some reason that you have to pay full price for these.

Just thinking…. I’ve always been a bit stingy with how much I change mine, but if I followed recommendations (change every eight tests) I’d be spending at least $1 a day on mine.

Thoughts?

Cheers

Nic

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By Nic on 9 December 2009 at 5.27 pm
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