Health · Diabetes suppliesValencia diabetes glucose monitors: Nearly 70% receive supplies at homeWritten November 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:00Valencia Diabetes glucose monitors nearly seventy percent receive supplies at home.0:07Home deliveries have reached nearly seven in ten glucose monitor users in the0:11Valencian community.0:12Patients can receive essential monitoring supplies without making a collection trip0:15to a health facility.0:16The service reaches people managing an ongoing condition, including children and0:20people with limited mobility.0:22When will that convenience reach the rest of the region's monitoring users?0:25The regional government says nearly seventy percent of its20,8450 active continuous0:30glucose monitoring users have received material at home.0:33Its November14 update measures how far deliveries have reached across that group.0:37The regional service covers Valencia, Alicante, and Castell and provinces on Spain's0:41eastern coast.0:42Continuous glucose monitors use sensors to track glucose levels, and patients need0:46supplies for their ongoing treatment.0:48The home delivery program sends glucose, monitoring sensors and consumables used0:53with continuous insulin infusion systems or pumps.0:56The practical change is where patients collect that material.0:59For recipients, the supplies come to their home instead of requiring another journey1:03to a health facility.1:04Valencia Province has fourteen nine hundred and eighty five active monitoring users,1:09followed by Alicante with ten, eight hundred and ninety-seven in Castel, and with1:13two, five hundred and sixty-eight.1:15These figures describe people using monitoring systems.1:18The home delivery percentage covers the regional group as a whole.1:21Regional Secretary for Health Asun Sien Perales set out the purpose at the fourth AV1:26diabetes meeting.1:27She said easier access should improve continuity of care and reduce journeys to1:31collect daily treatment supplies.1:32Greater comfort, autonomy, and quality of life are the benefits the region wants the1:36service to deliver.1:37Perales wants patients to spend less time traveling to collect supplies.1:41She described care that fits their needs more closely, alongside better access to1:45the products and devices they use every day.1:47The Asociacion Valenciana de Diabetes organized the meeting for World Diabetes Day1:52at Hospital General Universitario de Valencia.1:54Perales used the event to describe progress on deliveries and the next stage of1:58connecting monitoring data with clinical care.2:00The deliveries build on a service that began in June.2:03Patients joined progressively, starting with users of the most widely deployed2:06monitoring devices.2:08The plan then called for extending home delivery to the other systems included in2:11the program.2:12The rollout began June9 , when around27 , zero patients used these monitoring2:17systems in public healthcare.2:18By November14 , the active monitoring group numbered28 ,450 , with nearly70 %2:24having received supplies at home.2:26Subscribe to this channel to follow the remaining rollout and the next steps in2:29connecting diabetes care.2:31Regional Health Minister Marciano G.2:33Mez highlighted children, people with mobility difficulties, and patients living far2:37from health facilities at the launch.2:38He wanted fewer repeated journeys and less administrative work for patients,2:42families, and professionals.2:43For those households, collecting supplies means arranging another trip for something2:47needed throughout treatment.2:48Other Spanish regions already had home shipping programs for glucose sensors.2:52The Valencian model places coordination inside the public health system, while2:56logistics providers handle deliveries.2:58The design links prescribing and enrollment with logistics through the health3:01department's own systems, removing paper documentation.3:04It also includes teaching patients to use their devices and continuing professional3:08follow-up alongside the deliveries.3:10Each health department was to coordinate implementation through a multidisciplinary3:13group that brings together primary care endocrinology nursing, primary care3:18pharmacy, information technology, and supply staff.3:21Clinicians should be able to work from their usual clinical systems without opening3:24each supplier's separate platform.3:26The model also includes secure communication with logistics providers and round the3:30clock patient provider channels for delivery questions or incidents.3:34Its clinical aims include spotting problems earlier and helping patients continue3:38treatment as prescribed.3:39At launch, clinicians could access reports bringing together patients' glucose,3:43control data from home.3:44That was intended to support more personalized proactive follow-up.3:47In November, Perales described a further technical step: putting sensor information3:52into patients' electronic health records.3:54The June announcement described annual investment of more than thirty-eight million3:58euros in glucose.3:59Control devices and consumables alongside the digital distribution system.4:03The government hasn't separated out how much home delivery itself costs.4:06The wider need for diabetes care is substantial.4:09The regional government says diabetes affects fourteen percent of the population,4:13and more than five hundred and sixty zero people have an active diagnosis.4:17More than ninety percent of cases are type two, for which healthy eating, physical4:21activity, and weight management can reduce risk or delay onset.4:24Regional diabetes plan coordinator Vicente Campos also described progress in4:29identifying people at risk of type one diabetes through specific auto-antibody4:32tests.4:33These can identify the autoimmune process before symptoms or major glucose changes,4:37allowing specialist follow-up.4:39Type1 diabetes can't be prevented through diet or lifestyle changes.4:43Its symptoms can develop quickly and need urgent medical attention.4:46Warning signs of diabetes include excessive thirst, frequent urination, tiredness,4:51and unexplained weight loss.4:52Putting sensor data into electronic records would let professionals assess glucose4:56levels and how they change over time.4:57Peralis said that Fuller View should support better informed clinical decisions as5:01the region develops more integrated diabetes care.5:04Home delivery has already spared collection journeys for nearly seventy percent of5:07the active monitoring group.5:09Officials haven't given a completion date for reaching the remaining users or5:12integrating sensor data throughout electronic records.5:15They also haven't published results showing how reliably repeat supplies reach5:18patients.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
