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I visited my GP practice for a first visit since diagnosis recently (one visit with the practice nurse previously) and saw someone other than my regular GP.
His opening gambit after asking why I was there, and I said to review my diabetes care, was to say he was not a diabetes expert.
It quickly became apparent that even from my limited experience of my condition, I have gained considerably more knowledge than he had. He asked me a few questions but remained ominously quite in terms of more in depth questioning of my answers or may be it was that he was in total accord!
What was interesting was when I asked re: a presecription for the testing strips for the blood monitor supplied to me be the practise nurse. Basically, they don't prescribe these.
When highlighted the NICE guidelines on the subject of effective monitoring and patients being proactive in their treatment... he responded that it was felt that type 2 needed less intensive monitoring and that the Hb1A2C was demed sufficient. I offered the view that this was a little like trying to visualise an entire painting by Seurat, who painted with dots, by looking at one dor on the canvas. He said that practise policy was not an area he had any authority in and suggested Iwrite to the practise manager, cc the local PCT.
What are the views of others here? And, does anyone have a suggested wording for such a letter?
His opening gambit after asking why I was there, and I said to review my diabetes care, was to say he was not a diabetes expert.
It quickly became apparent that even from my limited experience of my condition, I have gained considerably more knowledge than he had. He asked me a few questions but remained ominously quite in terms of more in depth questioning of my answers or may be it was that he was in total accord!
What was interesting was when I asked re: a presecription for the testing strips for the blood monitor supplied to me be the practise nurse. Basically, they don't prescribe these.
When highlighted the NICE guidelines on the subject of effective monitoring and patients being proactive in their treatment... he responded that it was felt that type 2 needed less intensive monitoring and that the Hb1A2C was demed sufficient. I offered the view that this was a little like trying to visualise an entire painting by Seurat, who painted with dots, by looking at one dor on the canvas. He said that practise policy was not an area he had any authority in and suggested Iwrite to the practise manager, cc the local PCT.
What are the views of others here? And, does anyone have a suggested wording for such a letter?