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<blockquote data-quote="Tonk" data-source="post: 2010816" data-attributes="member: 502224"><p>Hello everyone. </p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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).</p><p></p><p>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...</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>The DSN originally told me it was a super long shot and she had heard of it being done but never come across it.</p><p></p><p>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!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tonk, post: 2010816, member: 502224"] 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! [/QUOTE]
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