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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1349077" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Yes, it seems to be what I have seen for other CCG's. Each CCG is producing their own variant of the original Bolton study report, and offer slightly differing selection of meters they will support. In my CCG one of the 4 posible meters is unavailable and the company behind it is very, very suspect financially. Only one of the four is listed as being active on Amazon.</p><p></p><p>The only criterion for selection is that the NHS cost is less than £10 per 50 strips, the meter meets ISO nnn (2013) and has 500 memory slots. There seems to be no due diligence into support or track record, One of the 4 meters on my shopping list does not even meet the ISO standard. Another one does not record hypos below 1.9 mmol/l ot hypers above 13,8, so these events are not recorded in memory. None of the 4 has ketone capability, or a backlight. One has a non standard data port,advertised as USB but clearly Apple serial channel variant, For one meter , the meter will operate between 15 C and 40C, but the srtrips may be damaged by temps below 10 or above 30C. So do not use it outside range of 10 to 30C so forget UK winter or Summer, But these 4 are what I can select from in my area if I want to continue getting strips on scrip. I have to reply in writing by the end of this month and I have just had my last supplies for my current meter then its bin time or go private.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 1349077, member: 196898"] Yes, it seems to be what I have seen for other CCG's. Each CCG is producing their own variant of the original Bolton study report, and offer slightly differing selection of meters they will support. In my CCG one of the 4 posible meters is unavailable and the company behind it is very, very suspect financially. Only one of the four is listed as being active on Amazon. The only criterion for selection is that the NHS cost is less than £10 per 50 strips, the meter meets ISO nnn (2013) and has 500 memory slots. There seems to be no due diligence into support or track record, One of the 4 meters on my shopping list does not even meet the ISO standard. Another one does not record hypos below 1.9 mmol/l ot hypers above 13,8, so these events are not recorded in memory. None of the 4 has ketone capability, or a backlight. One has a non standard data port,advertised as USB but clearly Apple serial channel variant, For one meter , the meter will operate between 15 C and 40C, but the srtrips may be damaged by temps below 10 or above 30C. So do not use it outside range of 10 to 30C so forget UK winter or Summer, But these 4 are what I can select from in my area if I want to continue getting strips on scrip. I have to reply in writing by the end of this month and I have just had my last supplies for my current meter then its bin time or go private. [/QUOTE]
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