Some horror stories here. Just 2 points-if you add up the ammount of tax paid and contribution to society as a whole by diabetics who make an effort this far outwighs the cost of a few strips in the long run.
Also why not total up the cost of emergency admissions re hypo collapses and further add the cost of amputations cardiac and stroke admissions and ketotic admissions and I think THIS would far outweigh the cost of strips.
Sometimes it's not just the GP's though, local Primary Care Trusts developed big budget deficits
just over a year ago and there is no doubt that they put the screws on GP's to stop prescribing so much even though diabetics NEED to test for obvious reasons even though we don't actually enjoy it much!.
Bit of Advice, get in touch with the parient advisory body PALS locally and highlight this. In addition, your local councils now have a health scrutiny finction. Write to your councillor or directly to the Chair of the health scrutiny board of your council if there are strip or other presctibing problems in your area. Finally your MP needs to know too.
In addition the companies who make this stuff must be making a killing , be better if they were in public hands and provided for the public good wouldn't it?
By the way, my GP has been brilliant, but admitedly I am testing way too much generally but at the moment I still have to do 4 times a day, more if I am hill walking cos I don't want to have the cost and time of mountain rescue added to the list above.
All we are doing is following advise to stay leading a normal life and stay productive and remember, we pay to support the PCT's etc.
Also why not total up the cost of emergency admissions re hypo collapses and further add the cost of amputations cardiac and stroke admissions and ketotic admissions and I think THIS would far outweigh the cost of strips.
Sometimes it's not just the GP's though, local Primary Care Trusts developed big budget deficits
just over a year ago and there is no doubt that they put the screws on GP's to stop prescribing so much even though diabetics NEED to test for obvious reasons even though we don't actually enjoy it much!.
Bit of Advice, get in touch with the parient advisory body PALS locally and highlight this. In addition, your local councils now have a health scrutiny finction. Write to your councillor or directly to the Chair of the health scrutiny board of your council if there are strip or other presctibing problems in your area. Finally your MP needs to know too.
In addition the companies who make this stuff must be making a killing , be better if they were in public hands and provided for the public good wouldn't it?
By the way, my GP has been brilliant, but admitedly I am testing way too much generally but at the moment I still have to do 4 times a day, more if I am hill walking cos I don't want to have the cost and time of mountain rescue added to the list above.
All we are doing is following advise to stay leading a normal life and stay productive and remember, we pay to support the PCT's etc.
