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<blockquote data-quote="mcdonagh47" data-source="post: 404020" data-attributes="member: 61720"><p>No charge. I'm putting a rival petition to Sir David ... as below ...helpful suggestions welcome ...unlike you I can take constructive criticism on board without becoming paranoid:wink: </p><p></p><p></p><p>"Dear Sir David</p><p>In a recent speech you said “And what I was determined to do right from then was to take control myself of my own health and healthcare and I don't know – I don't want to bore you to death with my ill health, but one of the things they gave me was a monitoring machine, so I take my blood glucose levels four times a day and I have a little chart that I put them on. Now I'm not a stereotype here, but give me a chart and a target and a trajectory and I'm absolutely -- I'm absolutely with you. They could have designed -- they could have absolutely designed that interaction for me and I have been absolutely at it since then.”</p><p>We are pleased that you have taken ownership of your diabetes and have the wherewithal to do so i.e. test strips. However, you may be unaware that many people with Type 2 diabetes are routinely and flatly denied prescriptions for test strips by their Doctors, who apparently think that a 3 monthly, 6 monthly, or even in some cases yearly, Hba1c is sufficient to manage their disease. They are unable to test their blood sugars in order to adjust their diet to control the disease and are denied the opportunity to be a full partner in their own care, in direct contradiction to the National Framework for Diabetes. If all Type 2 Diabetics were given the test strips and training to use and interpret the results it would enable them to adjust their diet and exercise regimes to maximise their control and subsequently minimise any future complications that would cost the NHS further down the road. A prescription for strips and training on testing would go a long way to save the NHS money in the longer term.</p><p>We are therefore petitioning you to use what influence you have whilst you remain in post to change this situation and make test strips and training on how to use the results available to all people with Type 2 Diabetes.</p><p>And further we petition Sir David Nicholson, as Chief Executive of the NHS, to BAN all CCGs and individual healthcare professionals from telling newly diagnosed Type 2 Diabetics that they “do not need to test”, which seems to be common practice today."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcdonagh47, post: 404020, member: 61720"] No charge. I'm putting a rival petition to Sir David ... as below ...helpful suggestions welcome ...unlike you I can take constructive criticism on board without becoming paranoid:wink: "Dear Sir David In a recent speech you said “And what I was determined to do right from then was to take control myself of my own health and healthcare and I don't know – I don't want to bore you to death with my ill health, but one of the things they gave me was a monitoring machine, so I take my blood glucose levels four times a day and I have a little chart that I put them on. Now I'm not a stereotype here, but give me a chart and a target and a trajectory and I'm absolutely -- I'm absolutely with you. They could have designed -- they could have absolutely designed that interaction for me and I have been absolutely at it since then.” We are pleased that you have taken ownership of your diabetes and have the wherewithal to do so i.e. test strips. However, you may be unaware that many people with Type 2 diabetes are routinely and flatly denied prescriptions for test strips by their Doctors, who apparently think that a 3 monthly, 6 monthly, or even in some cases yearly, Hba1c is sufficient to manage their disease. They are unable to test their blood sugars in order to adjust their diet to control the disease and are denied the opportunity to be a full partner in their own care, in direct contradiction to the National Framework for Diabetes. If all Type 2 Diabetics were given the test strips and training to use and interpret the results it would enable them to adjust their diet and exercise regimes to maximise their control and subsequently minimise any future complications that would cost the NHS further down the road. A prescription for strips and training on testing would go a long way to save the NHS money in the longer term. We are therefore petitioning you to use what influence you have whilst you remain in post to change this situation and make test strips and training on how to use the results available to all people with Type 2 Diabetes. And further we petition Sir David Nicholson, as Chief Executive of the NHS, to BAN all CCGs and individual healthcare professionals from telling newly diagnosed Type 2 Diabetics that they “do not need to test”, which seems to be common practice today." [/QUOTE]
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