Have any UK users of this forum had their doctor or diabetes nurse change, without prior consultation, their blood glucose meter for a new blood glucose meter made by a manufacturer whose products you have never used before?
if so, did your doctor or diabetes nurse provide an explanation why they were changing unilaterally your existing blood glucose meter for a new meter made by a manufacturer whose products you have never used before?
If so, what reasons were given by your doctor or diabetes nurse for the change?
I visited my pharmacist to pick up my prescription for test strips for my trusty blood glucose meter which I have been using quite happily for the last few years, to find that I have been prescribed, without my knowledge or consent, tests strips for an entirely new meter (which has not even been given to me yet).
As far as I am aware, there is nothing wrong with my existing blood glucose meter. As far as I am aware, my existing meter meets current European Union blood glucose meter standards. In the past when there have been issues concerning the accuracy of earlier models of my existing blood glucose meter, the manufacturer of the product has been scrupulous in ensuring they have contacted me, they have paid for me to return the faulty product and provided me with a replacement or the latest device.
My pharmacist has told me that the unit price of the test strips for the new blood glucose meter my doctor/diabetic nurse have decided unilaterally I must now use are less expensive......by roughly £2 per month.
if so, did your doctor or diabetes nurse provide an explanation why they were changing unilaterally your existing blood glucose meter for a new meter made by a manufacturer whose products you have never used before?
If so, what reasons were given by your doctor or diabetes nurse for the change?
I visited my pharmacist to pick up my prescription for test strips for my trusty blood glucose meter which I have been using quite happily for the last few years, to find that I have been prescribed, without my knowledge or consent, tests strips for an entirely new meter (which has not even been given to me yet).
As far as I am aware, there is nothing wrong with my existing blood glucose meter. As far as I am aware, my existing meter meets current European Union blood glucose meter standards. In the past when there have been issues concerning the accuracy of earlier models of my existing blood glucose meter, the manufacturer of the product has been scrupulous in ensuring they have contacted me, they have paid for me to return the faulty product and provided me with a replacement or the latest device.
My pharmacist has told me that the unit price of the test strips for the new blood glucose meter my doctor/diabetic nurse have decided unilaterally I must now use are less expensive......by roughly £2 per month.