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<blockquote data-quote="Norfolkmell" data-source="post: 2270194" data-attributes="member: 306528"><p>Hi</p><p>I am about to have this fight with my new GP. I have recently moved 12 miles, same county same CCG but different surgery. The unhelpful practice nurse who took my repeat prescription request on Tuesday told me I couldn’t have strips and lancets on prescription, despite all the advice for T2 to know, and I eat to my meter, eat low carb and my previous GP had no problem prescribing them. The nurse said she would refer it to a GP, I told her I would fight all the way on this and I will. It wasn’t a good introduction to a new surgery.</p><p>Just in case I looked on this website and they offer a free meter, 400 lancets, 400 strips for about £100 a year subscription, that’s just over one test a day, I have times when I can use 6 or 8 a day depending what my results are and whether I’m well or not. NICE say that self monitoring should be available to provide information to avoid hypo’s. Which I have had, not often but usually when I’m struggling with one of my other conditions.</p><p>I suspect that my new surgery is concerned with cost not results and controlling BG. But I will argue as long as I need too, not looking forward to it though and haven’t even met anyone from practice yet, this was a telephone call as due to Covid I’m in the lockdowned vulnerable group. Watch this space!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Norfolkmell, post: 2270194, member: 306528"] Hi I am about to have this fight with my new GP. I have recently moved 12 miles, same county same CCG but different surgery. The unhelpful practice nurse who took my repeat prescription request on Tuesday told me I couldn’t have strips and lancets on prescription, despite all the advice for T2 to know, and I eat to my meter, eat low carb and my previous GP had no problem prescribing them. The nurse said she would refer it to a GP, I told her I would fight all the way on this and I will. It wasn’t a good introduction to a new surgery. Just in case I looked on this website and they offer a free meter, 400 lancets, 400 strips for about £100 a year subscription, that’s just over one test a day, I have times when I can use 6 or 8 a day depending what my results are and whether I’m well or not. NICE say that self monitoring should be available to provide information to avoid hypo’s. Which I have had, not often but usually when I’m struggling with one of my other conditions. I suspect that my new surgery is concerned with cost not results and controlling BG. But I will argue as long as I need too, not looking forward to it though and haven’t even met anyone from practice yet, this was a telephone call as due to Covid I’m in the lockdowned vulnerable group. Watch this space! [/QUOTE]
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