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 {address now removed to avoid spam}

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 a pump has made your diabetes management easier/life better/health benefits; or alternatively if you’re on injections and want to go on a pump how a pump would be likely to improve things for you>

I respectfully ask that you re-assess the government’s stance on funding (or partial funding) of insulin pumps and insulin pump consumables.

Yours sincerely

<your name>

Seriously, this will take you all of five to ten minutes…. and while it’s not going to happen overnight this could save you hundreds of dollars every year. Think how you could better spend that money! Shoes/clothes/holidays/fun activities with the kids/concerts/movies/CDs/books – or you could donate the money to a diabetes charity!

Please do it!

Nic