Hi Anna,
I’m getting an omnipod in 2 weeks time- I’m also with Barts (hi Richard- we’re hospital buddies!) and like Richard the omnipod was the first pump I was offered (although they also asked me if I wanted the even more expensive Cellnovo- and offered a choice of tubed pumps too). They gave me one to try out for real for 2 weeks first (not a dummy pod but a working insulin filled one) which suggests to me that is is perhaps easier to use than other pumps- I can’t imagine they would let a novice go wild with one of the tubed ;