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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1712948" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>This has always been the case at my surgery, or at least it has since I was diagnosed 4 years ago.</p><p></p><p>Every 12 months I get a letter asking me to make an appointment with a Health Care Assistant. She does all the basic stuff such as blood pressure, drawing the blood, weight, sends urine sample off to the lab, completes the Q-risk formula after going through all the questions with me in case things have changed since the previous one, and so forth. She fills in all the details on my computer records. It is a 20 minute appointment. I then make an advance appointment with the nurse.</p><p></p><p>I get my test results on line within 24 hours, but prior to this being available I obtained a print out 2 days later from reception. </p><p></p><p>My nurse does the foot check, plenty of discussion, goes through all the results, and if I were on any meds she would discuss these and alter the prescription if necessary because she is a prescribing nurse. It is a half hour appointment.</p><p></p><p>At 6 months I just have the blood tests done by the phlebotomist in the blood clinic at the surgery, and provided the results are normal there is no further need to see a nurse until the 12 month review.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1712948, member: 94045"] This has always been the case at my surgery, or at least it has since I was diagnosed 4 years ago. Every 12 months I get a letter asking me to make an appointment with a Health Care Assistant. She does all the basic stuff such as blood pressure, drawing the blood, weight, sends urine sample off to the lab, completes the Q-risk formula after going through all the questions with me in case things have changed since the previous one, and so forth. She fills in all the details on my computer records. It is a 20 minute appointment. I then make an advance appointment with the nurse. I get my test results on line within 24 hours, but prior to this being available I obtained a print out 2 days later from reception. My nurse does the foot check, plenty of discussion, goes through all the results, and if I were on any meds she would discuss these and alter the prescription if necessary because she is a prescribing nurse. It is a half hour appointment. At 6 months I just have the blood tests done by the phlebotomist in the blood clinic at the surgery, and provided the results are normal there is no further need to see a nurse until the 12 month review. [/QUOTE]
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