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martyn2

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My surgery has just sent me a letter stating they are no longer prescribing the test strips I use ( Accu-check compact) and changing to glucoRX Nexus they are suppling a new meter the at they say is up to date and are better for me, but I have tried the all singing and dancing ones but I do not like them ,I'm happy with my testing strips and meter and we have not been given a choice but surely they can still prescribe my preferred testing strips. Do I have to go down this road or is it a legal requirement to just do their biding .

Martyn
 
martyn2 said:
My surgery has just sent me a letter stating they are no longer prescribing the test strips I use ( Accu-check compact) and changing to glucoRX Nexus they are suppling a new meter the at they say is up to date and are better for me, but I have tried the all singing and dancing ones but I do not like them ,I'm happy with my testing strips and meter and we have not been given a choice but surely they can still prescribe my preferred testing strips. Do I have to go down this road or is it a legal requirement to just do their biding .

Martyn
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Hi
I guess if your getting it for free then u would i guess
 
Hi Martyn2 Not sure if this is any help. I use the GlucoRX Nexus and have found it to be okay I know that is only part of the issue you are raising but I hope this inform will help you somewhat.

Helen
 
If you want to keep using the Accu-Chek you will have to pay for the strips yourself. Or bite the bullet and use the new "free mete and strips".
 
Hi @martyn2

I had the Accu-Check meter, with strips on prescription, until receiving a letter from the surgery informing all patients using the Accu-Check that they would now be using the Gluco Nexus.

Like you, no choice, except the 'normal' one or the 'mini' meter. I chose the 'Mini' meter, tried it and hated it so didn't use it for ages. However, I now use it and find I don't mind using it at all. The 'needle stabber' is a bit clunkier, I feel, and I a bit more fiddly to change the lancets, I do admit but, on the whole, it's OK. I've got used to it.

I suspect the change over was partly to have 'newer' meters and they will have considered the cost of the test strips too, bearing in mind their budget etc. A lot of choices will, of course, take cost into consideration, and so it should, although not necessarily at the risk of patient care etc.

The meter itself is great. The Mini is quite small, of course, and is quick with the reading. I also like being able to only need to provide the tiniest of drops of blood for the test strip. Consequently, I've been able to reduce the 'stab' action, which I'm happy about ;)

Hope you soon get used to it.
 
martyn2 said:
Do I have to go down this road or is it a legal requirement to just do their biding .
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Hi Martyn,

welcome to the forum. As has already been mentioned, it's an issue of cost to the NHS which as we all know is under a lot of financial pressure.
 
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