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<blockquote data-quote="ElenaP" data-source="post: 2759138" data-attributes="member: 67557">12-years without seeing a diabetes Specialist Consultant is a long time.&nbsp; I assume that you have found your hospital Diabetes Nurses very good, if you have not asked for an appointment with a Diabetes Consultant.&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;..if required..&quot; seems to me to be the opening to request an appointment.&nbsp;&nbsp; I see my Diabetes Consultant once a year, and the hospital DSNs once a year.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thus I have a hospital diabetes team appointment every six months.&nbsp; However, if something happens that warrants attention, then I will request an extra appointment with the &quot;hospital team&quot;.&nbsp; Then I may get an appointment either with the DSN or the Consultant,&nbsp; I have experienced that &quot;over-70s; let us ignore them&quot; phenomenon with other specialities; more often with the hart specialists.&nbsp; With them, I have to chase appointments.&nbsp; I think this varies from hospital to hospital.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ElenaP, post: 2759138, member: 67557"] 12-years without seeing a diabetes Specialist Consultant is a long time. I assume that you have found your hospital Diabetes Nurses very good, if you have not asked for an appointment with a Diabetes Consultant. "..if required.." seems to me to be the opening to request an appointment. I see my Diabetes Consultant once a year, and the hospital DSNs once a year. Thus I have a hospital diabetes team appointment every six months. However, if something happens that warrants attention, then I will request an extra appointment with the "hospital team". Then I may get an appointment either with the DSN or the Consultant, I have experienced that "over-70s; let us ignore them" phenomenon with other specialities; more often with the hart specialists. With them, I have to chase appointments. I think this varies from hospital to hospital. [/QUOTE]

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