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An important part of what we do at Diabetes NSW and ACT is to advocate on behalf of people living with diabetes.  This is not always about diabetes!

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, they are diagnosed with more than a medical condition. There are many other hurdles and issues that they are faced with.  Some of these are unique to the person, but most are faced by many other people also living with diabetes.

By bringing people together as a community, we want to be able to identify common problems and issues, and work to make changes in our community.

Common areas are discrimination, access to services, education, insurance, and workplace issues.  We can work to resolve these issues on an individual level, but we can also collate the experiences and voices of our members to make a strong and loud argument to our Governments and agencies.

Our ability to effectively advocate for changes depends on hearing your voice, so we want to invite you to share your experiences with us.  If there is a situation in your daily life where you face additional pressures, please let us know in this thread, and help us to shape change.

An important part of what we do at Diabetes NSW and ACT is to advocate on behalf of people living with diabetes.  This is not always about diabetes!

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, they are diagnosed with more than a medical condition. There are many other hurdles and issues that they are faced with.  Some of these are unique to the person, but most are faced by many other people also living with diabetes.

By bringing people together as a community, we want to be able to identify common problems and issues, and work to make changes in our community.

Common areas are discrimination, access to services, education, insurance, and workplace issues.  We can work to resolve these issues on an individual level, but we can also collate the experiences and voices of our members to make a strong and loud argument to our Governments and agencies.

Our ability to effectively advocate for changes depends on hearing your voice, so we want to invite you to share your experiences with us.  If there is a situation in your daily life where you face additional pressures, please let us know in this thread, and help us to shape change.

An important part of what we do at Diabetes NSW and ACT is to advocate on behalf of people living with diabetes.  This is not always about diabetes!

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, they are diagnosed with more than a medical condition. There are many other hurdles and issues that they are faced with.  Some of these are unique to the person, but most are faced by many other people also living with diabetes.

By bringing people together as a community, we want to be able to identify common problems and issues, and work to make changes in our community.

Common areas are discrimination, access to services, education, insurance, and workplace issues.  We can work to resolve these issues on an individual level, but we can also collate the experiences and voices of our members to make a strong and loud argument to our Governments and agencies.

Our ability to effectively advocate for changes depends on hearing your voice, so we want to invite you to share your experiences with us.  If there is a situation in your daily life where you face additional pressures, please let us know in this thread, and help us to shape change.

An important part of what we do at Diabetes NSW and ACT is to advocate on behalf of people living with diabetes.  This is not always about diabetes!

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, they are diagnosed with more than a medical condition. There are many other hurdles and issues that they are faced with.  Some of these are unique to the person, but most are faced by many other people also living with diabetes.

By bringing people together as a community, we want to be able to identify common problems and issues, and work to make changes in our community.

Common areas are discrimination, access to services, education, insurance, and workplace issues.  We can work to resolve these issues on an individual level, but we can also collate the experiences and voices of our members to make a strong and loud argument to our Governments and agencies.

Our ability to effectively advocate for changes depends on hearing your voice, so we want to invite you to share your experiences with us.  If there is a situation in your daily life where you face additional pressures, please let us know in this thread, and help us to shape change.

An important part of what we do at Diabetes NSW and ACT is to advocate on behalf of people living with diabetes.  This is not always about diabetes!

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, they are diagnosed with more than a medical condition. There are many other hurdles and issues that they are faced with.  Some of these are unique to the person, but most are faced by many other people also living with diabetes.

By bringing people together as a community, we want to be able to identify common problems and issues, and work to make changes in our community.

Common areas are discrimination, access to services, education, insurance, and workplace issues.  We can work to resolve these issues on an individual level, but we can also collate the experiences and voices of our members to make a strong and loud argument to our Governments and agencies.

Our ability to effectively advocate for changes depends on hearing your voice, so we want to invite you to share your experiences with us.  If there is a situation in your daily life where you face additional pressures, please let us know in this thread, and help us to shape change.

An important part of what we do at Diabetes NSW and ACT is to advocate on behalf of people living with diabetes.  This is not always about diabetes!

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, they are diagnosed with more than a medical condition. There are many other hurdles and issues that they are faced with.  Some of these are unique to the person, but most are faced by many other people also living with diabetes.

By bringing people together as a community, we want to be able to identify common problems and issues, and work to make changes in our community.

Common areas are discrimination, access to services, education, insurance, and workplace issues.  We can work to resolve these issues on an individual level, but we can also collate the experiences and voices of our members to make a strong and loud argument to our Governments and agencies.

Our ability to effectively advocate for changes depends on hearing your voice, so we want to invite you to share your experiences with us.  If there is a situation in your daily life where you face additional pressures, please let us know in this thread, and help us to shape change.

An important part of what we do at Diabetes NSW and ACT is to advocate on behalf of people living with diabetes.  This is not always about diabetes!

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, they are diagnosed with more than a medical condition. There are many other hurdles and issues that they are faced with.  Some of these are unique to the person, but most are faced by many other people also living with diabetes.

By bringing people together as a community, we want to be able to identify common problems and issues, and work to make changes in our community.

Common areas are discrimination, access to services, education, insurance, and workplace issues.  We can work to resolve these issues on an individual level, but we can also collate the experiences and voices of our members to make a strong and loud argument to our Governments and agencies.

Our ability to effectively advocate for changes depends on hearing your voice, so we want to invite you to share your experiences with us.  If there is a situation in your daily life where you face additional pressures, please let us know in this thread, and help us to shape change.

Cgm - the last five years have seen a lot of progress with rolling out better access to CGM, but there is still a lot to be done. We will continue to lobby for affordable access for everyone who needs CGM, and are aware of the pressures on people who are not on concessions, are moving off the under 21 subsidy, and those who post-pregnancy are no longer eligible.  The cost of CGM is prohibitive, and there are many people who would greatly benefit from the technology who still cannot afford it.

Pumps for those who are not covered under private health insurance are also a significant,  and sometimes impossible,  expense.  We will also continue to advocate for this vital technology. 

Travel insurance  is an area we find greatly inconsistent.  The best tactic is to shop around. There are some good insurers who will look at management of your diabetes, others who will simply make the product unaffordable.  Aspects such as age and other conditions will also come into play. Unfortunately,  thus us another area that is going to be very uncertain when post-covid travel resumes. All travel insurance will be affected by the pandemic, and we will be watching closely to see if diabetes is adversely affected in new covers. Please let us know your experiences when travel finally gets back to normal!

Health insurance was recently revamped to deliver tiers. In theory, this sounded nice and transparent.  However,  we have heard of some disturbing ways that some insurers discontinued products, increased prices etc. Again, shop around!

An important part of what we do at Diabetes NSW and ACT is to advocate on behalf of people living with diabetes.  This is not always about diabetes!

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, they are diagnosed with more than a medical condition. There are many other hurdles and issues that they are faced with.  Some of these are unique to the person, but most are faced by many other people also living with diabetes.

By bringing people together as a community, we want to be able to identify common problems and issues, and work to make changes in our community.

Common areas are discrimination, access to services, education, insurance, and workplace issues.  We can work to resolve these issues on an individual level, but we can also collate the experiences and voices of our members to make a strong and loud argument to our Governments and agencies.

Our ability to effectively advocate for changes depends on hearing your voice, so we want to invite you to share your experiences with us.  If there is a situation in your daily life where you face additional pressures, please let us know in this thread, and help us to shape change.