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Stupid surgery!!

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pippaandben

pippaandben

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Friday afternoon I eventually got the blood test results that were taken on 5 January This was the blood test a practice nurse insisted I had to have when I contacted her for sickday rules advice when I was running mid-high 20s not eating, feeling nauseous and had lost 10 pounds in weight in 10days and this included the immediate post Xmas period. No advice could be given til the test result known. Luckily local pharmacist let me buy a tub of ketone strips - which showed negligible thank goodness.
So surprise surprise my HbA1c was 103 with a note from the hospital that I was to be referred to a specialist as out of control if deemed necessary. Luckily I am now feeling better, have regained 5 pounds in weight and my levels are now within my usual range. I was never contacted by surgery and when I rang to get test results was told they had them but not seen by Dr and then the computer crashed so couldn't be given details anyway. Only found out when I asked for a print-out when I went in for my Shingles jab on Friday.
Could this be why the practice is in special measures with lead GP having left over Xmas on ill health grounds and another rumoured to have given in notice which leaves 1 GP, locums, 2 paramedics and 2 nurse practitioners ( one of whom refused to give me the advice I needed above).
Sorry for the rant but as I have said in another thread - thank goodness for DiabetesUK who did give me the support and advice I so desperately needed
 
Sounds like my old surgery!
I am now a patient at a very good surgery. I am contacted after each test result, good or bad. I can get same day appointments. At my old surgery it was literally a lottery to get an appointment. You had queue up at 7:30 in the morning and given a number, regardless of how ill you felt.
It's our main hospital that's on special measures and I'm dreading another admission.
 
Unfortunately your not alone with a GP practice like this, and a bit like one of my old practices, like loosing medical notes and other documents. I had blood tests around a couple of weeks ago and the surgery rang me to say the results were not good and to change my medication.
 
What terrible behaviour and a useless response given the acuteness of the issue :( 😡 I'm beginning to wonder if I should be moving as my surgery are, on the whole, very good, and I'm not looking forward to looking for a new one! 😱
 
My surgery is like an out of control kindergarten. It’s hideous. Yours sounds much the same. Not fun is it :(
 
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