Sid Bonkers said:The DVLA say you should test before you get behind the wheel of a car but they don't say who has to pay for all those strips. The NHS doesn't buy you a car and neither are they legally bound to prescribe you test strips to use before you drive.
That said when I was on insulin and my GP's practice refused me the number of strips I was using I mentioned the DVLA requirement and got my prescription filled with no problem. It is very much up to the particular doctor you have as to whether you will get all the strips you require.
Point taken Sid...but like you, it was mentioning the testing before driving responsibility, that seemed to persude my dr that I did need all those strips.