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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 255128" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi mep73, slightly off-topic, but interesting what you are seeing in Oz. Over here it's a lottery. Some surgeries have no db expertise and refer you to an endo where you probably get some reasonable treatment. My surgery has some db expertise but it's only average and currently the NHS is trying to discourage referrals as they cost more, so you then rely on the GP or nurses experience and training. My db specialist GP appears to think there are only two types of db i.e. 1 and 2 simple as that. I could list some other 'discussions' we have had but I won't bore you. We can insist on a referral to a specialist and I may have to do that. I lived in the USA for a few years (before my db) and I found it strange that there were few GPs and you had to diagnose yourself and choose a specialist from Yellow Pages. This was an expensive pastime but you did end-up, hopefully, with a knowledgable specialist.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 255128, member: 21149"] Hi mep73, slightly off-topic, but interesting what you are seeing in Oz. Over here it's a lottery. Some surgeries have no db expertise and refer you to an endo where you probably get some reasonable treatment. My surgery has some db expertise but it's only average and currently the NHS is trying to discourage referrals as they cost more, so you then rely on the GP or nurses experience and training. My db specialist GP appears to think there are only two types of db i.e. 1 and 2 simple as that. I could list some other 'discussions' we have had but I won't bore you. We can insist on a referral to a specialist and I may have to do that. I lived in the USA for a few years (before my db) and I found it strange that there were few GPs and you had to diagnose yourself and choose a specialist from Yellow Pages. This was an expensive pastime but you did end-up, hopefully, with a knowledgable specialist. [/QUOTE]
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