15 September 2017
Chance to ‘check out’ diabetes readings in supermarket
A Woking based healthcare company is taking the fight against diabetes to the supermarket shelves – with its blood glucose meter now being stocked in 631 Asda stores across the UK.
From today, the GlucoRx Nexus blood glucose meter and strips will hit the shelves, giving people with diabetes the chance to manage their condition at the same time as doing their weekly shop.
The company, based in based in Monument Way West, Woking, launched its affordable meter for people with diabetes in 2010. Since then it has become the second most popular device in the country, using specialist GDH-FAD enzyme technology to measure blood sugar levels.
Chris Chapman, sales director for GlucoRx, is delighted the company has been chosen to help facilitate the simple management of diabetes.
He said: “It’s a real milestone for the company to have our products selected to be on the shelves of Asda, who have 631 stores nationwide and 165,00 dedicated staff serving more than 18 million customers.
“As an innovative company we are always looking to push the barriers of science and healthcare and find ways to develop and deliver cost-effective products that bring benefits to both people with diabetes and the NHS.
“We pride ourselves on prioritising patient care so profits can go towards extra nurses, newer equipment, greater research and be reinvested into care of the local community.”
Using NHS Prescription Cost Analysis figures and ePACT prescription data, the company has calculated that its products have saved the NHS £25 million in the past three years.
Mr Chapman added: “The target now is to save the NHS £100 million. We are doing this by reaching out to more Clinical Commissioning Groups and Health Boards, which commission healthcare in the community, across the UK.”
The company continues to work with regional organisations to help raise awareness of diabetes, setting up a number of fundraising events for charities.
GlucoRX normally produces devices for humans but has recently released a meter system designed specifically for diabetic cows, which was developed by scientists to resolve a growing problem facing UK farmers.
