Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A DIABETES patient is furious after being refused an appointment with a doctor, despite being given the chance to see a specialist nurse.
After long-term diabetes sufferer Michelle Heather from Charlton Kings became seriously ill with the condition earlier this year, she decided to seek help from a diabetes consultant at Cheltenham General Hospital.
However, despite a referral from her GP, she was refused an appointment with a doctor and told to see a specialist diabetes nurse instead.
Miss Heather has been attending a diabetes clinic in Oxford since being diagnosed with Type 1 in 1971. But with her condition worsening she now wants to switch to Cheltenham.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...-appointment/story-19872711-detail/story.html
I don't personally see anything wrong with seeing a DSN in the first instance, they are generally extremely knowledgeable people and often have better communication skills than consultants! 🙂 I wonder how this story got into the paper?
After long-term diabetes sufferer Michelle Heather from Charlton Kings became seriously ill with the condition earlier this year, she decided to seek help from a diabetes consultant at Cheltenham General Hospital.
However, despite a referral from her GP, she was refused an appointment with a doctor and told to see a specialist diabetes nurse instead.
Miss Heather has been attending a diabetes clinic in Oxford since being diagnosed with Type 1 in 1971. But with her condition worsening she now wants to switch to Cheltenham.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...-appointment/story-19872711-detail/story.html
I don't personally see anything wrong with seeing a DSN in the first instance, they are generally extremely knowledgeable people and often have better communication skills than consultants! 🙂 I wonder how this story got into the paper?
