That's a bit higher than I'd be happy with.I’m type 2 diet controlled. My test was due in March but have had no communication from Surgery, even though I was on the verge of having to go on Metformin. When I was first diagnosed I was told not to check my own blood sugars. I don’t understand why. I do however occasionally first thing. (My son is type 1 and gave me his old testing kit. It’s always between 6-8. Is this ok?
I also had mine in June - and very much like @bulkbiker my appointment was then a phone appointment (mine was with teh consultant at the hospital).Mine was due in May , but i never got an appointment from my GP, I've also been ill twice during lockdown and had phone conversations with my GP and it has never been mentioned about going in for the test ?
Ours has 2 tents set up outside the surgery for the practise nurses and I had to travel to a sister surgery to see the proper phlebotomist (the nurses can't get blood out of me!).At one stage some surgeries were doing blood tests in the carpark
Same for me. I had mine last week, awaiting results. They rarely even bother calling me after. I have to seek the results out. Good job I check the results online for myself.I have never had an automatic appointment letter. It is up to me to contact my surgery to arrange it. Perhaps your surgery is the same.
Thanks, well I am now trying to get my life back on track healthy eating and more exercise and less stress so I will wait as my daily readings are always under 7 so i think I am not doing bad.I will wait for the surgery to contact me and they will lol .@WackyJacky64 - It looks like to really varies.
My surgery is not doing any routine stuff still, but lots of places are. If you are keen to have your test, or have concerns there could be something adrift, you could ask for it.
At one stage some surgeries were doing blood tests in the carpark. That wasn't the case at mine, but as I say, it seems every surgery is deciding independently what they can do safely.
You may find that with all this covid stuff going on that you have to contact themThanks, well I am now trying to get my life back on track healthy eating and more exercise and less stress so I will wait as my daily readings are always under 7 so i think I am not doing bad.I will wait for the surgery to contact me and they will lol .
They are but if i don't make an appointment they eventually send one through the post .I have never had an automatic appointment letter. It is up to me to contact my surgery to arrange it. Perhaps your surgery is the same.
I signed up to see my own results and our surgery won't let you see them its rubbish , wish i hadn't bothered . I have to ring and find out the result like you .Same for me. I had mine last week, awaiting results. They rarely even bother calling me after. I have to seek the results out. Good job I check the results online for myself.
If you are in England then I don't think they have any choice as long as you have registered and provided id. Complain to the practice manager.I signed up to see my own results and our surgery won't let you see them its rubbish , wish i hadn't bothered . I have to ring and find out the result like you .
Though do note sometimes they won't put the results online until a doctor has reviewed them - least that's what the receptionist told me about a week and a half ago as to why my HbA1C wasn't showing up whereas the other tests done at the same time were - the receptionist did tell me the result but did stress she wasn't clinical so didn't know what the number meant and about a day or so later the result appeared online (normally at my docs they appear much faster)If you are in England then I don't think they have any choice as long as you have registered and provided id. Complain to the practice manager.
I agree they have been told by NHS England to provide at least first level access which gives you a summary of your record. I had to ask to be given the second level of access for test results. Receptionists often don't understand a lot of this (it's IT!). You need to persist and if they refuse talk to the Practice Manager or complain to the CCG and PPG (Patient Participation Group). At one of our PPG meetings our Practice Manager said she would refuse access in certain situations e.g. if the patient had a mental health problem. It's important that everyone has access as calling reception for results costs them time and money (our NHS money).If you are in England then I don't think they have any choice as long as you have registered and provided id. Complain to the practice manager.
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