I have been on this forum and am angry with the way that people who get type 1 seem to be getting very little help from hospitals and GP's. I have read that people are in hospital for 24 hours given their insulin dose and sent home with a leaflet. then they are waiting weeks to see different people in the diabetic team. When you learn to drive you have so many lessons before you take your test but it seems diabetics do not get lessons in how to look after themselves.
Diabetes takes 10% of the health budget but this will rise if new diabetics are not given the tools they need to obtain a good BG level. We know what diabetes can lead to and this is where a large portion of the 10% goes, if you go to your GP and he thinks you may have cancer you are seen within two weeks. This has lead to people to beat cancer which is good news for everyone, could this not be applied to diabetes where you see a consultant and a diabetic nurse within two weeks. People who go home with diabetes do not know how to adjust their insulin when high and do not know the dangers of keytones.
I am aware off the struggle in the NHS with lack of staff but diabetes is rising at a rate where if we do not get control that there will be more people in hospital where there are so few beds. The government can keep giving money to the NHS but we need more consultants and nurses who could be first point of contact for new diabetics. I would not like to think how much money the NHS has spent on my care having had treatment on my eyes for 2 years, 4 ops on hand and elbow and a SPK transplant. This is without many stays in hospital, medication, appointments and mental health care, i am aware that diabetes has come along way since 1979 when i was chosen.
What does the future hold for people with diabetes i do not know but if the number of staff is rising is not the same as diabetes is, we will be putting extra pressure on the current staff who are already under pressure and every person has their braking point. When i had my transplant the nurses were fantastic but they could be working 13 hours without a break, a night shift with only one qualified nurse and 2 TA on a ward where their could be over transplants room and they had to look after all of them. I seen one of the nurses last year om a appointment and asked why she was there, she went on to tell me that 6 of them had left the ward for jobs on other wards due to the stress and lack of staff.
Diabetes takes 10% of the health budget but this will rise if new diabetics are not given the tools they need to obtain a good BG level. We know what diabetes can lead to and this is where a large portion of the 10% goes, if you go to your GP and he thinks you may have cancer you are seen within two weeks. This has lead to people to beat cancer which is good news for everyone, could this not be applied to diabetes where you see a consultant and a diabetic nurse within two weeks. People who go home with diabetes do not know how to adjust their insulin when high and do not know the dangers of keytones.
I am aware off the struggle in the NHS with lack of staff but diabetes is rising at a rate where if we do not get control that there will be more people in hospital where there are so few beds. The government can keep giving money to the NHS but we need more consultants and nurses who could be first point of contact for new diabetics. I would not like to think how much money the NHS has spent on my care having had treatment on my eyes for 2 years, 4 ops on hand and elbow and a SPK transplant. This is without many stays in hospital, medication, appointments and mental health care, i am aware that diabetes has come along way since 1979 when i was chosen.
What does the future hold for people with diabetes i do not know but if the number of staff is rising is not the same as diabetes is, we will be putting extra pressure on the current staff who are already under pressure and every person has their braking point. When i had my transplant the nurses were fantastic but they could be working 13 hours without a break, a night shift with only one qualified nurse and 2 TA on a ward where their could be over transplants room and they had to look after all of them. I seen one of the nurses last year om a appointment and asked why she was there, she went on to tell me that 6 of them had left the ward for jobs on other wards due to the stress and lack of staff.
