So the situation I'm in is I'm moving house so will be moving out of my GP catchment area. I've not had any real serious problems with my diabetes care (it took a few prescritions for them to sort me out 200 per time). So i don't want to now register somewhere thats rubbish.
so I thought about what I want
at least 200 test strips per month
once yearly screening feet/BP
3 monthly A1c's
6 monthly full bloods (chlesterol, kideneys etc)
once yearly retinal screening
this is what i have now and don't think I would be asking for anything unreasonable, do you guys?
So I thought I'd ring a couple of doctors sugeries near to where i'll be living to see if I could find out what they offered. not as easy as I'd have thought.
maybe it's getting past the receptionists but it appears that you can't get to speak to anyone or ask these questions until you have registered and made an appointment. which seems a bit rubbish because what if you end up registering and they then don't want to give me any test strips. it'll be a hassle to fight or change doctors.
any ideas on how to get around it or past the receptionists? or can you really not find out this type of information before you register?
so I thought about what I want
at least 200 test strips per month
once yearly screening feet/BP
3 monthly A1c's
6 monthly full bloods (chlesterol, kideneys etc)
once yearly retinal screening
this is what i have now and don't think I would be asking for anything unreasonable, do you guys?
So I thought I'd ring a couple of doctors sugeries near to where i'll be living to see if I could find out what they offered. not as easy as I'd have thought.
maybe it's getting past the receptionists but it appears that you can't get to speak to anyone or ask these questions until you have registered and made an appointment. which seems a bit rubbish because what if you end up registering and they then don't want to give me any test strips. it'll be a hassle to fight or change doctors.
any ideas on how to get around it or past the receptionists? or can you really not find out this type of information before you register?