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Hi everyone,
iPAG have managed to secure a meeting with the Public Health Minister, Michael Matheson. This is a great opportunity to raise awareness of Type 1 Diabetes in Scotland to the government. We are trying to cover as wide a range of the population with Type 1 in Scotland wanting pumps as possible. We will be handing out a reference sheet with as many different examples as we can get and would be grateful if anyone could help by us by giving us some information? Please forward this email on to anyone who may be interested.
The format will be roughly like this:
Person's name (first name only or anonymous if the patient prefers):
Age and length of time with diabetes
A few bullet points about what they are suffering with their diabetes (be blunt to get attention and show the challenges of living with diabetes if possible) Even just saying members of your group have a pump, or you have met others on pumps on holidays, weekends etc. Why can others get one but not you? Does your clinic have their own guidelines, do they not follow guidelines at all? Anything to show the inequity and unfairness of the service in your area
Followed by a route map along the lines of:
- asked for a pump on xxx date, told I met the criteria but no chance of getting one, referred to DAFNE on xxx date, waited two years for a course, did DAFNE on xxxx date, still no better and no further forward.
We need to keep these short.
We also want to illustrate what people have to go through to get a pump. We would like to hear the journey which people have had to get their pumps. A few bullet points with timescales would be great.
If you can you please help by either completing your own case history or ask anyone you know who has a pump or is trying to get one to help it would be much appreciated. You can send them to [email protected] or write on our facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/groups/iPAGScotland
Thanks!
Aileen
p.s. a reminder the closing date for the VoyageMD travel competition are the end of the month. Good luck to anyone submitting an entry.
Adults http://www.voyagemd.com/best-short-story-competition
Kids http://www.voyagemd.com/young-person-diary-comp
iPAG have managed to secure a meeting with the Public Health Minister, Michael Matheson. This is a great opportunity to raise awareness of Type 1 Diabetes in Scotland to the government. We are trying to cover as wide a range of the population with Type 1 in Scotland wanting pumps as possible. We will be handing out a reference sheet with as many different examples as we can get and would be grateful if anyone could help by us by giving us some information? Please forward this email on to anyone who may be interested.
The format will be roughly like this:
Person's name (first name only or anonymous if the patient prefers):
Age and length of time with diabetes
A few bullet points about what they are suffering with their diabetes (be blunt to get attention and show the challenges of living with diabetes if possible) Even just saying members of your group have a pump, or you have met others on pumps on holidays, weekends etc. Why can others get one but not you? Does your clinic have their own guidelines, do they not follow guidelines at all? Anything to show the inequity and unfairness of the service in your area
Followed by a route map along the lines of:
- asked for a pump on xxx date, told I met the criteria but no chance of getting one, referred to DAFNE on xxx date, waited two years for a course, did DAFNE on xxxx date, still no better and no further forward.
We need to keep these short.
We also want to illustrate what people have to go through to get a pump. We would like to hear the journey which people have had to get their pumps. A few bullet points with timescales would be great.
If you can you please help by either completing your own case history or ask anyone you know who has a pump or is trying to get one to help it would be much appreciated. You can send them to [email protected] or write on our facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/groups/iPAGScotland
Thanks!
Aileen
p.s. a reminder the closing date for the VoyageMD travel competition are the end of the month. Good luck to anyone submitting an entry.
Adults http://www.voyagemd.com/best-short-story-competition
Kids http://www.voyagemd.com/young-person-diary-comp
