Glucorx

I also live in Oxfordshire and have had no problems getting strips for my contour meter and I use about 200 a month.

Last year I had a letter saying that they wanted me to change to another kind of strips but I just said that I wasn't happy to change and they carried on prescribing the contour strips.

Delphinum said:

Hello everyone,

I've just been told by my doctor that Oxfordshire PCT only use the Glucorx meters now and that I cannot have strips for any other meter unless I go through the private prescription route.

Has anyone used this meter? What did you like/dislike about it?

Also, this means I have a 6 month old Bayer Contour meter that has no use. Do any charities take on old meters? I have 7 working ones in a box because they keep getting changed.

Thanks for any help you can give!

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I have read that some PCT's are starting to do this but yours is the first one I've come across on the forum, you might want to contact Diabetes UK and ask their advice on this matter, if you do decide to get rid of your old meters then this charity will accept them and distributes them to third world countries:

http://www.iddt.org/

So did they give you a gluco rx?

I really will be annoyed if they try that with me as I had to buy my Contour USB and am happy with it.

I suppose it must be about price? Maybe it will encourage other companies to reduce the price of their strips.

I am Type 2, just ran a search on the Forum to see if anyone was talking about this subject and found you here. My GP Practice has recently had this meter forced on them by the PCT for cost reasons, and I spoke to my GP this morning who has said other people have complained and the head of the practice isn't very happy with them.

Mine totally inaccurate. There are so many instructions to follow compared to my old Contour, which was quick and accurate. Get one thing not quite right, even down to the size of the blood droplet and whether or not it is smeared, the ambient temperature of the room, the slightest hint of soap or other residue on your hands, and the result is invalidated.

I thought mine was faulty when I first got it as the results I was getting compared to a test at the same time on the Contour was at least 2mmol higher, and each time I tested the results were randomly different. I've taken it back twice but to no avail, each replacement was exactly the same.

I just read another thread on here from last year saying that it complies with EU regulations, which state that the results only have to be within =/- 20% accuracy, which is RIDICULOUS. That's just not accurate at all, then.

I just picked up a new one today, took four tests back to back and they came back 2mmol higher each time. How can you possibly rely on that? It's a joke. I have emailed the manufacturers to see what they have to say for themselves, and I shall write to my practice manager even though I doubt it will have any effect.

Is it just Oxfordshire that is doing this, Or is it happening elsewhere too?