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Man says he is prisoner in his home due to diabetes

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Steff said:
News & star more like step to far,stupid women has no clue no facts or nothing.Alan was that you who left a comment to her earlier if so well said.
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Yes it was Steff 🙂 I was incensed at how uncaring and prejudiced the article was. To the reporter weight loss is clearly just a problem of feeling a bit too fat - for this man it is life-threatening and he has found himself in an impossible situation with no quality of life.
 
Some more news on this story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/31/tom-condliff-gastric-band-appeal

According to the article he meets NICE criteria and the op would cost the NHS ?5,500. I wonder how much all the court cases have cost the taxpayer, and the PCT who won't give him the operation? What always gets me about cases like this is that if he was in a car accident, for example, they'd treat him in A&E in order to save his life, but because the situation is different they can get away with leaving him in this state. I know the implications of giving in might mean this PCT get landed with more candidates for operations, but since they would only be meeting NICE guidelines it's surely something they should be doing anyway?

Not convinced he is on 500 cals a day as the article says - 100 less than the 'miracle cure'.
 
It makes me want to bang my head on the wall even more - that is the trouble with NICE isn't it? - no teeth.

It can't be given teeth because the way the Goverment - of whatever colour, shade or hue - funds it, it continually only allows the NHS to consider THIS year's budget. If they were able to fund it, next thing you know they'd be allowing cancer patients have newer better drugs .... (that was sarcastic just in case anyone misses my drift)

Still - we eventually got pumps didn't we?

Might be too late for that particular chap though ....
 
The thing about NICE is that they are just guidelines (I believe). There is nothing to stop local PCTs (is it PCTs?) doing their own thing.

In some ways this is sensible, I think, because there are different priorities in different areas and a national set of 'Thou Shalt Do This' would not be workable.

Just a thought.

Andy 🙂
 
whatever the ins and outs of it i do feel for the poor man and his wife
 
Mr Condliff is in a horrible situation. It sounds as though something went quite wrong with his insulin regime as he was scared of needles. I wonder about the support he was given when he was newly diagnosed. North Staffordshire PCT didn't come out particularly well in the National Diabetes Audit in terms of giving the basic annual checks.
 
Woohoo! I hope it's the start of a much better life for him. XXXXX
 
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