short sighted nhs

Diabetes always seems to get bad publicity and much of the public still believes it's "our fault". Very annoying. You're 100% right in what you say but, like the Gov't, there is not a great deal of forward thinking.

It seems a backward step if diabetes is such a big problem surely sending newly diagnosed people on a Desmond course would save money in the long run if it helped people manage their diabetes better it would lessen the need for more meds and treatment for complications . Save a penny in the short term spend pounds long term


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deb60
you hit the nail on the head. Prescribing medication IS the cheap option.
The cheapest would be to advise low carbing, but they Can't admit they've been wrong over this for so long.
Hana

mickey121 said:

It seems a backward step if diabetes is such a big problem surely sending newly diagnosed people on a Desmond course would save money in the long run if it helped people manage their diabetes better it would lessen the need for more meds and treatment for complications . Save a penny in the short term spend pounds long term

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Typically decisions are made on very small budgets after much deliberation because everyone can understand it and because they want an input. It creates a 'me too' culture where people are wanting to be seen saving money. So, the haematology dept have to jump through hoops to get their hands on a ream of photocopying or laser printer paper and they invariably come up against a Dickensian "More? More! You want more?"

Bigger budgets are more easily nodded through. They merged two hospitals, to save money, but only at the last mnute realised that the new hospital wan't built to the right specification for the newly relocated Microbiology Lab. They had to get a specially designed pre fabricated lab brought in from Germany. Then they bought an all singing all dancing blood chemistry analyser which had a greater throughput than was needed so they merged that function with a neighboring town. Here, the system is designed to fit what they have spent, rather than designed to suit their needs. The new arrangements required the relocation of the microbiology department to the neighbouring town, rendering the very expensive new lab little more than useful work space. But, as consolidation is the new buzz word, they are now relocating them yet again to a new county altogether leaving the original hospitals with no service at all. Millions wasted.

"Please sir, can I have some more photocopying paper?"