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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Solomons" data-source="post: 1649584" data-attributes="member: 461553"><p>I took my wife to one of their clinics.</p><p></p><p>It has the feel of a scam.</p><p></p><p>Apparently they check for diabetic retinopathy, but no other diabetes related eye problems. Presumably they don't mind if you go blind, just not from retinopathy. I am even dubious about their checks for retinopathy - they just take photos and show them to technicians.</p><p></p><p>I had an acrimonious conversation with the only eye doctor linked to the scheme that covers all of NW London, (it took from a Wednesday to the following Monday for her to be available to talk to me). To questions there was a series of "we do not check for that" answers. I did not find out if my wife was suffering from diabetic maculopathy as the doctor terminated the call before I could ask.</p><p></p><p>My advice to the NHS is to close them down, I feel they are dangerous. They may be saving you money right now but when the effect of inadequately checked patients becomes a torrent of blind people seeking compensation it could prove very expensive for you and catastrophic for the victims.</p><p></p><p>To patients, don't waste your time, ask to be referred to a competent fully equipped and staffed eye clinic.</p><p></p><p>I have written to Diabetes UK asking them to investigate. Meanwhile, I suspect everyone knows what I think. </p><p></p><p>And you, what do you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Solomons, post: 1649584, member: 461553"] I took my wife to one of their clinics. It has the feel of a scam. Apparently they check for diabetic retinopathy, but no other diabetes related eye problems. Presumably they don't mind if you go blind, just not from retinopathy. I am even dubious about their checks for retinopathy - they just take photos and show them to technicians. I had an acrimonious conversation with the only eye doctor linked to the scheme that covers all of NW London, (it took from a Wednesday to the following Monday for her to be available to talk to me). To questions there was a series of "we do not check for that" answers. I did not find out if my wife was suffering from diabetic maculopathy as the doctor terminated the call before I could ask. My advice to the NHS is to close them down, I feel they are dangerous. They may be saving you money right now but when the effect of inadequately checked patients becomes a torrent of blind people seeking compensation it could prove very expensive for you and catastrophic for the victims. To patients, don't waste your time, ask to be referred to a competent fully equipped and staffed eye clinic. I have written to Diabetes UK asking them to investigate. Meanwhile, I suspect everyone knows what I think. And you, what do you think? [/QUOTE]
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