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NHS restricting machines to the cheapest strip machine
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<blockquote data-quote="benjygirl" data-source="post: 962052" data-attributes="member: 38274"><p>My GP practice has changed my nice solid Contour meter to a very flimsy Accucheck Active meter. I have great trouble opening the strip pot, the strips are long and bendy, they take a lot of blood to get it in the right position on the strip (so I waste a lot), it uses a very fiddly plastic code button. I looked on Amazon and found that the strips for my Contour can be bought at a cheaper price than the Accucheck strips but no doubt the practice has done a deal somewhere. I`ve also noticed that whenever there has been a recall of meters it`s usually an Accucheck one. The practice has also reduced the number of strips for each repeat prescription (about every 6 weeks) from 150 to 100. I am type 1 and test 4 times a day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benjygirl, post: 962052, member: 38274"] My GP practice has changed my nice solid Contour meter to a very flimsy Accucheck Active meter. I have great trouble opening the strip pot, the strips are long and bendy, they take a lot of blood to get it in the right position on the strip (so I waste a lot), it uses a very fiddly plastic code button. I looked on Amazon and found that the strips for my Contour can be bought at a cheaper price than the Accucheck strips but no doubt the practice has done a deal somewhere. I`ve also noticed that whenever there has been a recall of meters it`s usually an Accucheck one. The practice has also reduced the number of strips for each repeat prescription (about every 6 weeks) from 150 to 100. I am type 1 and test 4 times a day. [/QUOTE]
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