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<blockquote data-quote="catherinecherub" data-source="post: 666342"><p>In an ideal world we would all get test strips but we do not live in an ideal world.</p><p></p><p>I also don't think that some posters who obsessively test their blood sugars without learning anything would ever be happy with 50 strips per month.</p><p></p><p>The diabetes population is exploding day by day and the NHS is not a bottomless pit of money so how can we explain to the powers that be that testing in an educated manner will lessen the cost of complications to the NHS.</p><p></p><p>This Government has made Heart Disease and ~Cancer a priority and I can accept that these are devastating illnesses that need all the NHS support that they can get.</p><p></p><p>How do you get someone to sit up and listen that Diabetes needs the same level of care?</p><p>1....You have to educate the media. Their portrayal of us does nothing to endear the public to better education/treatment for us.</p><p>2....The level of care for diabetics cannot be patchy. We all deserve the same level of care</p><p>3.....Those HCPs who do not understand diabetes need educating so that they are as aware as are their colleagues who show us care and education.</p><p></p><p>We have done the e-petitions, I can remember 5 of them being put forward here at different times and they got us nowhere. They did not get enough signatures. as many people did not see them as a priority. I think if every member and guest over the year that they were active could have changed this. There were enough people but not enough interest.</p><p>Anyone who can think of anything else?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catherinecherub, post: 666342"] In an ideal world we would all get test strips but we do not live in an ideal world. I also don't think that some posters who obsessively test their blood sugars without learning anything would ever be happy with 50 strips per month. The diabetes population is exploding day by day and the NHS is not a bottomless pit of money so how can we explain to the powers that be that testing in an educated manner will lessen the cost of complications to the NHS. This Government has made Heart Disease and ~Cancer a priority and I can accept that these are devastating illnesses that need all the NHS support that they can get. How do you get someone to sit up and listen that Diabetes needs the same level of care? 1....You have to educate the media. Their portrayal of us does nothing to endear the public to better education/treatment for us. 2....The level of care for diabetics cannot be patchy. We all deserve the same level of care 3.....Those HCPs who do not understand diabetes need educating so that they are as aware as are their colleagues who show us care and education. We have done the e-petitions, I can remember 5 of them being put forward here at different times and they got us nowhere. They did not get enough signatures. as many people did not see them as a priority. I think if every member and guest over the year that they were active could have changed this. There were enough people but not enough interest. Anyone who can think of anything else? [/QUOTE]
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