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<blockquote data-quote="Eliminator" data-source="post: 173259" data-attributes="member: 15122"><p>Hi Folks, </p><p>Just a thought I had...</p><p></p><p>So this is the headline in the news at the moment "GPs control of most of the NHS budget by 2013" and the PTC is to be scrapped.</p><p></p><p>So is this going to be an opertunity to ask your GP for some more expensive treatments for better control of diabetes, my thinking is that for the first year at least they are going to have to spend massive amounts of cash on treatments to keep whatever budget they have for the following year.</p><p>If GP's don't do this in the beginning then the following year then the budget is going to be far less.</p><p>So it makes sence for them to offer genuine brand treatments and not the cheaper brands of the same drug.</p><p></p><p>What I want to know is, would it be worth us asking for say an "OMNIPOD" ?</p><p></p><p>I know my 15yr old son would have one in a flash, if they were available on the NHS. But we are in Liverpool and the childrens hospital has only one child who has an OMNIPOD, and the only reason they got that is that the diabetes parent group had a fundraiser to get it.</p><p></p><p>I think it would be reasonable to ask as soon as the changover starts at your GP's surgery.</p><p></p><p>Please leave your views on this idea, even if it's not popssible for us adults, surely it's worth trying for the children with diabetes ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eliminator, post: 173259, member: 15122"] Hi Folks, Just a thought I had... So this is the headline in the news at the moment "GPs control of most of the NHS budget by 2013" and the PTC is to be scrapped. So is this going to be an opertunity to ask your GP for some more expensive treatments for better control of diabetes, my thinking is that for the first year at least they are going to have to spend massive amounts of cash on treatments to keep whatever budget they have for the following year. If GP's don't do this in the beginning then the following year then the budget is going to be far less. So it makes sence for them to offer genuine brand treatments and not the cheaper brands of the same drug. What I want to know is, would it be worth us asking for say an "OMNIPOD" ? I know my 15yr old son would have one in a flash, if they were available on the NHS. But we are in Liverpool and the childrens hospital has only one child who has an OMNIPOD, and the only reason they got that is that the diabetes parent group had a fundraiser to get it. I think it would be reasonable to ask as soon as the changover starts at your GP's surgery. Please leave your views on this idea, even if it's not popssible for us adults, surely it's worth trying for the children with diabetes ? [/QUOTE]
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