This is a blog where the authors talk about how clinicians can make a change and detail the tools they used to promote the use of reusable insulin pens in the UK. This blog provides step wise details of how OpenPrescribing can be used by clinicians to find data on prescribing trends. Further resources and tools that can be used to make the switch from disposable to reusable insulin pens are listed here.
Resource author(s)
Simpson, V. and Lavu, D.
Resource publishing organisation(s) or journal
Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) , University of Exeter
Resource publication date
November 2025
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Thanks for posting this - it's great to hear the story! And what a big impact. Do you think there is any use case for disposable pens or should they just be discontinued now?
Thank you for your kind comment. Some individuals have trouble changing the needle with reusable pens - in which case disposable pens are the safer option for them. For scenarios like that, we can't completely discontinue disposable pens at the moment.
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