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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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- Insulin
Hello everyone.
I'll try to keep this brief but no doubt will fail. I grew up on the south coast and was diagnosed at Hospital A. I had my care there for about 6 years before I took the plunge and moved to London for Drama School. My new GP up there was rather insistent that I moved my care up there and I agreed.
I registered at a new hospital (B) in London. After only being seen once, ONCE, in three years I decided enough was enough and I wanted to move my care back down to the wonderful team at Hospital A. After a bit of resistance, my GP finally agreed. I ended up with a GP in London and a consultant about 80 miles away (and, most importantly, in a different CCG).
About two and a half years ago I applied for funding for an Omnipod through Hospital A (as they didn't provide them in Hospital B(London)). 6 months later and I receive a letter to tell me it was unsuccessful because my GP was in London not the local CCG. Okay. The excellent DSN I had decided to get creative. We tried to apply for funding from Hospital B (London) and have it dispensed by Hospital A. That was two years ago...
Yesterday I got a phone call from the new DSN to tell me she had stumbled upon the paper work purely by chance and chased the London CCG. They approved it this morning and I am now waiting for an appointment to go over and get my Omnipod set up.
The DSN originally told me it was a super long shot and she had heard of it being done but never come across it.
This is a message to anyone that may find themselves in a similar (although rare) position that this is a great route to go down and hopefully it will work out for you!
I'll try to keep this brief but no doubt will fail. I grew up on the south coast and was diagnosed at Hospital A. I had my care there for about 6 years before I took the plunge and moved to London for Drama School. My new GP up there was rather insistent that I moved my care up there and I agreed.
I registered at a new hospital (B) in London. After only being seen once, ONCE, in three years I decided enough was enough and I wanted to move my care back down to the wonderful team at Hospital A. After a bit of resistance, my GP finally agreed. I ended up with a GP in London and a consultant about 80 miles away (and, most importantly, in a different CCG).
About two and a half years ago I applied for funding for an Omnipod through Hospital A (as they didn't provide them in Hospital B(London)). 6 months later and I receive a letter to tell me it was unsuccessful because my GP was in London not the local CCG. Okay. The excellent DSN I had decided to get creative. We tried to apply for funding from Hospital B (London) and have it dispensed by Hospital A. That was two years ago...
Yesterday I got a phone call from the new DSN to tell me she had stumbled upon the paper work purely by chance and chased the London CCG. They approved it this morning and I am now waiting for an appointment to go over and get my Omnipod set up.
The DSN originally told me it was a super long shot and she had heard of it being done but never come across it.
This is a message to anyone that may find themselves in a similar (although rare) position that this is a great route to go down and hopefully it will work out for you!