A Zachary Jakubowski Documentary
ABOUT
The Fight for Flash is a documentary produced by Zachary Jakubowski.
Zachary is investigating why a new Diabetic treatment has become a postcode lottery. This is being produced as Zachary's final multimedia project at Bournemouth University.
A huge driving force for Zachary with this documentary is his mother who is a Type One Diabetic, living in an area which doesn't fund Flash.
Authors
Zachary Jakubowski
Zachary is a final year Multimedia Journalism student at Bournemouth University. He is the producer of the radio documentary: The Fight for Flash.
Zachary is a News Editor at Nerve Radio, and also has an evening show called The Bowski hour. Zak has a passion for football, he has competed at a semi-professional level and represented his county and university.
Zak has worked as an intern News Reader at Radio stations such as Heart FM, Capital FM, Wave FM and Juice FM. He has also interned at McCann Healthcare in their project managing dept.
dr. victor oguntolu
Stuart Jeffrey
Trained in diabetes and endocrinology at Kings College hospital London, Doctor Oguntolu was appointed as a consultant endocrinologist at a hospital in Kent in 2016. Victor’s specialty areas are: general medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology.
Doctor Victor Oguntolu has lobbied for the Fight for Flash campaign, presenting data and travelling to hearings in parliament. He believes this treatment is revolutionary, and does not only have the capacity to save lives, but to also make savings to the NHS expenditure through long the long term benefits the device brings.
As the Chief Operating Officer for Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). This essentially means Stuart, and the other people on his team, are responsible for the planning and commissioning of health care services for their local area.
Stuart and his CCG made the decision not to fund flash glucose monitors on November 1st 2017, this decision was made because it was felt that there wasn’t sufficient evidence proving this treatment would be beneficial to people with unstable Diabetes. Once there is evidence, Stuart reassures that he will look at the evidence and reconsider his original decision.
Joanne Smith
Lee Sutton
Joanne is a clinical support worker in the Diabetic ward at a hospital in Kent. As a Type One Diabetic of 32 years Joanne has trialled various Diabetic treatments, including the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitor, and the Medtrum A6 Continuous blood glucose monitor- so she knows first-hand how affective they are to use.
Joanne even used a CGM to help her get pregnant, she used a CGM to help improve the manageability of her blood glucose levels which meant it was easier to get pregnant, as well as help monitor her levels during pregnancy.
Joanne is a member of the campaign Fight for Flash.
A Retired nurse on ill health with a full NHS pension, Lee has had Type One Diabetes for 51 years. Lee’s condition became so unmanageable, due to injecting since he was three and incline not getting absorbed properly anymore, that it forced him into early retirement. Lee developed fat atrophy- the loss of fatty tissue on his skin through the volume of injections he’s had to do over the years. This means that any insulin Lee injects will take 3-4 hours to take effect, when the usual time is about 10 minutes, sometimes it doesn’t get absorbed at all.
Lee believes that Flash is a great thing to have, and if given out it should be given to all. But he doesn’t believe it’s life-saving, he believes people already have the necessary tools to maintain sufficient Diabetic control, this device just makes it easier.
Erin Glasheen
Paul Longley
A Business Development Executive for a medical publication company, Paul has had Type 1 Diabetes for 3 years. During these years he has also trialled the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitor, and the Medtrum A6 Continuous glucose monitor. He is actually sponsored by Medtrum and has made some YouTube videos for the company, showing how he’s able to continue cycling competitively, and how to calibrate the device.
Paul Longley lives in Cheshire where flash is already free, but he is still for the Fight for Flash campaign because he believes it can save lives.
Erin is a 21-year-old Manager at Target and she lives in a small town in Australia called Wagga Wagga.
As a Type One Diabetic of 11 years, Erin has been using the Dexcom G6 Continuous glucose monitor for 1 year, and she also uses a pump.
But now unfortunately that she's turned 21 she won't receive any CGM's on prescription, due to the healthcare system in Australia- Erin will have to self fund. Erin believes both Flash and Continuous glucose monitors can be life saving, and should be prescribed.