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DN booked me in for review before Bloods

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Maca44

Maca44

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Got my Bloods due soon for Cholesterol & NHS HbA1c but my DN review is before bloods will be back so had to get a private cholesterol test done so I know where I'm at.

Total cholesterol was 6.58mmol/L November 2020 now its 3.3mmol/L, rest of results are all within normal just one borderline but still better than first test in November 2020. Also got letter today to say eye screening was all OK.

I'm pleased with that thewave.gif
 
I had my last face to face review at the same time took bloods it was not a problem, as I had a phone appointment to discuss the bloods, the following week.
 
grovesy said:
I had my last face to face review at the same time took bloods it was not a problem, as I had a phone appointment to discuss the bloods, the following week.
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Yes but just thought it would be easier to do it all at the same time.
 
Would but it was better than the receptionist tried to offer a few weeks before, which was a phone appointment, when you need to have physical checks.
 
Sounds the same as here, grovesy. My next checkup in May is a "pre-assessment" with a health care assistant who will check weight, blood pressure, feet, and take blood. Then a telephone appointment a week after with a doctor or nurse to discuss it all. Although they had my feet checked and approved in December, so what must they think I have been doing to them?
 
So it's the norm then just thought they would do it all in one go.
 
Becka said:
Sounds the same as here, grovesy. My next checkup in May is a "pre-assessment" with a health care assistant who will check weight, blood pressure, feet, and take blood. Then a telephone appointment a week after with a doctor or nurse to discuss it all. Although they had my feet checked and approved in December, so what must they think I have been doing to them?
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Mine was the actual DiabeticNurse.
Maca44 said:
So it's the norm then just thought they would do it all in one go.
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In normal times I have a bloods taken and then visit with Diabetic Nurse the following week. Occasionally I have seen the Health Care Assistant for the check and the Diabetic Nurse for the Review.
 
I get my bloods done 1-2 weeks before my DN review and look at the results online. I can then discuss the results with the DN and the right actions without wasting time having the results being given to me verbally. A review without knowing the results to me seems wasted opportunity.
 
Can you not change the blood test date? The results are available within 24 hours as a general view and the hospital staff can see them before the patient.
 
Pumper_Sue said:
Can you not change the blood test date? The results are available within 24 hours as a general view and the hospital staff can see them before the patient.
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You are missing the point most Type2 are not seen by a hospital and usually say to give routine results a week.
 
grovesy said:
You are missing the point most Type2 are not seen by a hospital and usually say to give routine results a week.
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Routine blood tests are available the same day they are sent. I have my bloods done in the morning and can see the results later that evening on line.
Hadn't realised it was practice nurse op was seeing. Then again results would be there if bloods done the day before.
 
All blood tests here are done by the hospital trust. And as they have their local phlebotomy location in the same centre as the diabetes clinic is being held, I assume that part of my pre-assessment will be to just give me a bloods form and send me there afterwards.

But they always say that results will take up to a week to be with your G.P. And I doubt that will be any different for a order from their own diabetes service. Hence the gap between appointments.

They even say that for my regular monitoring blood tests at the hospital of a different trust, which are ordered by their own rheumatology department.
 
Crumbs you get very speedy service @Pumper_Sue - that’s amazing! 🙂

I get bloods taken at my surgery, and it takes a few days to get the results back. I generally book bloods about a week before my appointments and that seems to work OK. I could probably push it closer than that, but there usually isn't the need to.

The only time I *can’t* get bloods taken is after lunchtime on Friday, because that’s after last collection, and they won’t last over the weekend.

My last surgery annual review was Feb 2020 and no sign of any hurry to arrange my next. Will be interested to get another HbA1c now that I’ve switched to a new pump.

Glad your results are looking so chipper @Maca44 🙂
 
Time taken for results depends on 1. How quickly and how often bags of samples are taken to the lab
2. How long lab takes - NHS hospital labs convey the results to who ever requested it electronically so hence 3. What system the GP surgery utilises to transfer the results to the surgery computer system - it should be there automatically if the system is set up right in the first place.
 
I rather object to the title of this thread. It's not the nurse who sends you the appointment, it's the surgery usually for routine appointments. Occasionally the nurse might set the next appointment while you are there. I don't think even NHS England employs stupid nurses.

I don't get my reviews at the surgery these days, my non diabetic problems are too complex, but when I did I was always told by letter to get blood tests the week or more before. When I was living in Scotland, MyDiabetes MyWay had my HbA1c as soon as the GP had it, so I could make up my excuses before any appointment.😉
 
mikeyB said:
I rather object to the title of this thread
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Well I am sure most DN's are great but I am not so happy with mine this is the nurse who asked for my BG reading via TX then Texted me back telling me to up the Metformin back to 4 X 500mg a day as my reading were so high, my readings were low so needed to come down to 1 X 500mg per day, I called straight away and she admitted she read the wrong TX.

My wife has worked her way through the ranks as a nurse then management and ended up at the top and I can tell you that the NHS does employ many stupid staff including managers they are the worst, she was so glad to retire at 55yrs.
 
There is a world of difference between making a mistake that one might describe as stupid, and labelling the person who made it as stupid. We've all reported stupid mistakes like going out and forgetting the keys.

Maybe I'm just more tolerant of other folk's missteps, it makes sailing through life less arduous.
 
mikeyB said:
There is a world of difference between making a mistake that one might describe as stupid, and labelling the person who made it as stupid. We've all reported stupid mistakes like going out and forgetting the keys.

Maybe I'm just more tolerant of other folk's missteps, it makes sailing through life less arduous.
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Not when increasing meds were not needed as they were reading the wrong TX, I'd say that is a very stupid mistake to make and dangerous if I hadn't disputed it.

You have obviously had better experiences than me.
 
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