Hello Calaminlygayn, I have just read your whole set of posts, and what a terrible time you have had with the gp, and nurses. As a t1, you need your strips and I failed to understand why the practise behaved so badly towards you.
As a patient on t1 meds you must have a repeat prescription, and the test strips should be on there for 1 months supply at a time, I am t2 and mine are on my repeat script.
The hospital clinic has you on the review regulary, so why does the gp want everything re-done.
My hospital has access to my gp records on a file sharing/updating system and this has been the case for a good few years, so no duplication of tests etc.
The clinic emails the gp with any post visit reports and any changes to the medication, and as I explained to the dr. at the clinic my gp practise is useless at reading these letters and acting upon them, so I would like a copy of all correspondence, so that I know what they have told the gp, and what changes they want to implement, this has worked well.
The rude and bad mannered staff at the practise were well out of order, and they have too much of a high opinion of themselves, they always think they know better.
Did you consider the PCT, LCCC, and they all have their fingers in the health care pie, and they have a lot of say in what does on. I hope the legal people are doing a good job for you, and they get a good result for you, and the new practise is going to do a good job looking after you, and no more nonscence with the test strip problems, keep telling us of your progress, ttfn