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<blockquote data-quote="Dennis" data-source="post: 47243" data-attributes="member: 1338"><p>Hi Wobbles,</p><p>Yes, it is possible to have a private HBA1C done. This is normally at a private clinic and would have to be requested by a consultant. Consultant's fees would be around £250 and the last time I have a private HBA1C done (about 5 years ago) it cost another £90.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not really sure what you are expecting to achieve with a private test. Because an HBA1C gives an average of your blood sugar levels over a 3 month period, if you are having a private and then an NHS test done, even within a couple of weeks they are going to give much the same result. There's nothing that you can do to influence what level your blood sugars were at up to 3 months ago. Has your GP quoted "NICE regulations" as a reason for denying you test strips? If he has then he is reading off a very old script! Or more likely he is telling you what his PCT have told him to say. Current NICE guidelines say that type-2s should be encouraged to self test and that doctors should take time to educate patients on how to interpret the results and what to do about a high test result . . . . . sorry I just got distracted by another pig flying past . . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dennis, post: 47243, member: 1338"] Hi Wobbles, Yes, it is possible to have a private HBA1C done. This is normally at a private clinic and would have to be requested by a consultant. Consultant's fees would be around £250 and the last time I have a private HBA1C done (about 5 years ago) it cost another £90. I'm not really sure what you are expecting to achieve with a private test. Because an HBA1C gives an average of your blood sugar levels over a 3 month period, if you are having a private and then an NHS test done, even within a couple of weeks they are going to give much the same result. There's nothing that you can do to influence what level your blood sugars were at up to 3 months ago. Has your GP quoted "NICE regulations" as a reason for denying you test strips? If he has then he is reading off a very old script! Or more likely he is telling you what his PCT have told him to say. Current NICE guidelines say that type-2s should be encouraged to self test and that doctors should take time to educate patients on how to interpret the results and what to do about a high test result . . . . . sorry I just got distracted by another pig flying past . . . [/QUOTE]
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