Meeting with nurse today

Resurgam said:

I received a letter asking me to make a 20 minute appointment for an annual general health check and review of my chronic conditions - twice in the letter it requested I bring a urine sample.
When I called the number I was told that the appointment was at a surgery some distance away.
I went along this morning, and the nurse was baffled - the appointment was to record my blood pressure, height weight and smoking history and to take my cholesterol level with a hand held device.
My next 'annual' health check will be in five years time.
No blood taken to check my thyroid supplementation or Hba1c.
No questions about my general health or symptoms of incorrect dose of thyroxine or high blood glucose levels.
No need of a urine sample.
Well - nice to see that the NHS is aware of my existence, but I'm not all that sure there is much interest in my condition.

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Resurgam said:

You'd have thought so - but perhaps I am non compliant - with my Hba1c being 42 last year and 41 the year before - very naughty diabetic, not progressing at all.

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Resurgam said:

You'd have thought so - but perhaps I am non compliant - with my Hba1c being 42 last year and 41 the year before - very naughty diabetic, not progressing at all.

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Daphne917 said:

My hba1c has been in the 30s for approx 5 years and I still get 6 monthly hba1c checks and annual thyroid etc.

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Resurgam said:

I received a letter asking me to make a 20 minute appointment for an annual general health check and review of my chronic conditions - twice in the letter it requested I bring a urine sample.
When I called the number I was told that the appointment was at a surgery some distance away.
I went along this morning, and the nurse was baffled - the appointment was to record my blood pressure, height weight and smoking history and to take my cholesterol level with a hand held device.
My next 'annual' health check will be in five years time.
No blood taken to check my thyroid supplementation or Hba1c.
No questions about my general health or symptoms of incorrect dose of thyroxine or high blood glucose levels.
No need of a urine sample.
Well - nice to see that the NHS is aware of my existence, but I'm not all that sure there is much interest in my condition.

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Resurgam said:

I received a letter asking me to make a 20 minute appointment for an annual general health check and review of my chronic conditions - twice in the letter it requested I bring a urine sample.
When I called the number I was told that the appointment was at a surgery some distance away.
I went along this morning, and the nurse was baffled - the appointment was to record my blood pressure, height weight and smoking history and to take my cholesterol level with a hand held device.
My next 'annual' health check will be in five years time.
No blood taken to check my thyroid supplementation or Hba1c.
No questions about my general health or symptoms of incorrect dose of thyroxine or high blood glucose levels.
No need of a urine sample.
Well - nice to see that the NHS is aware of my existence, but I'm not all that sure there is much interest in my condition.

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Pipp said:

@Resurgam, I have noticed a change in the last two years or so with regard to checks for my several health conditions. Previously I was sent for every three months for BP , HbA1c, and had annual recall for diabetes foot check, asthma check, and a chance for general health discussions with nurse. More recently, these recall / reminders have been less frequent, often forgotten by the surgery. Having gained access to my online mediacl record, I noticed the lack of reminder coincided with the responsibility for doing this being transferred from nurse ( or perhaps even a computer program?) to an admin clerk. At my surgery this seems to be a different person each month, and unless I remind them the checks don’t take place when they should. I am all for taking personal responsibility for my own health, but can see how patients can be forgotten.
I am bemused that when I was first diagnosed T2 in 2005, I was prescribed test meter and plentiful strips, saw same nurse each time, and was called in regularly. With the growing use of technology meant to assist, despite the increase in admin staff from one receptionist to at least 5, plus administrator and practice manager things are being missed.

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