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<blockquote data-quote="julie54" data-source="post: 426350" data-attributes="member: 74063"><p>Well done on getting the meter!! Sometimes it is a case of just showing that you have done your research and have a pretty intelligent grasp of what you are talking about!! If you have been given the test strips, they should be renewed on prescription - I presume she has started you with a tub of 50? But then again - just test the water and see what happens when you request a repeat prescription for the strips. I think that a sensible approach should be responded with a sensible response - i.e. if you are doing your bit by taking the readings and recording them - they should be doing their bit by giving you more strips when necessary to continue your self management. Time will tell when you ask for more - I would suggest you request them before you actually run out - maybe when you have 10 left. They have - of course - set a precedent for you by giving you a meter and strips - and that should, in theory, make it harder for them to justify if they refuse any more.</p><p></p><p>To me, the whole issue of refusing strips is such a false economy!! A diabetic who is not monitoring has more chance of unknowingly having high blood glucose levels - and with that comes the whole raft of complications - resulting in more expensive treatments etc.!! I read somewhere that the cost of strips to the NHS is 1.1% of the total amount spent on diabetes and its complications - the vast majority of the budget therefore is spent on dealing with the complications etc. So - bit of a 'no brainer' for me really - prevention is always better (and cheaper!) than cure!!!</p><p></p><p>If you come across any resistance to your request for extra strips, do read and quote from Sir David Nicholson's speech to the NHS in June 2013 (he is the Chief Executive of the NHS) - it is quite a long speech, but check out his experience of having been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on page 10.</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/SDN-transcript-2013-06-06-pm.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/up ... -06-pm.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>Cheers!! Julie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="julie54, post: 426350, member: 74063"] Well done on getting the meter!! Sometimes it is a case of just showing that you have done your research and have a pretty intelligent grasp of what you are talking about!! If you have been given the test strips, they should be renewed on prescription - I presume she has started you with a tub of 50? But then again - just test the water and see what happens when you request a repeat prescription for the strips. I think that a sensible approach should be responded with a sensible response - i.e. if you are doing your bit by taking the readings and recording them - they should be doing their bit by giving you more strips when necessary to continue your self management. Time will tell when you ask for more - I would suggest you request them before you actually run out - maybe when you have 10 left. They have - of course - set a precedent for you by giving you a meter and strips - and that should, in theory, make it harder for them to justify if they refuse any more. To me, the whole issue of refusing strips is such a false economy!! A diabetic who is not monitoring has more chance of unknowingly having high blood glucose levels - and with that comes the whole raft of complications - resulting in more expensive treatments etc.!! I read somewhere that the cost of strips to the NHS is 1.1% of the total amount spent on diabetes and its complications - the vast majority of the budget therefore is spent on dealing with the complications etc. So - bit of a 'no brainer' for me really - prevention is always better (and cheaper!) than cure!!! If you come across any resistance to your request for extra strips, do read and quote from Sir David Nicholson's speech to the NHS in June 2013 (he is the Chief Executive of the NHS) - it is quite a long speech, but check out his experience of having been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on page 10. [url=http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/SDN-transcript-2013-06-06-pm.pdf]http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/up ... -06-pm.pdf[/url] Cheers!! Julie [/QUOTE]
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