Well chaps, it’s that time of the month again – poll results time. Hurrah! As always, our highly scientific, balanced, bias-proof, carefully weighted survey has caught the mood – the Zeitgeist, if you will – of the diabetic community. The majority of people answered our question “I know… a) everything about diabetes; or b) nothing… Read More »
Despite my championing multiple daily injections in a previous article, I have to finally come out and confess that I’m getting a pump. Eventually. Back in the heady days of July, I popped along to my diabetes clinic and spoke to the specialist diabetes nurse about pumps. We discussed my diabetes and the problems that… Read More »
Chatting on the Intermaweb the other day with other British diabetics, we suddenly and collectively realised that we didn’t actually have any idea how much our diabetes cost the NHS each year. Unlike some of our American friends, because of the wonders of the NHS, we’re almost completely shielded from the actual cost of our… Read More »
If my inbox is anything to go by, how to secure NHS funding for insulin pumps and/or CGMS is a bit of a hot topic at the moment. There aren’t any magic answers, and personal experience taught me that tenacity and perseverance were pretty key to winning the battle, so for what its worth, here… Read More »
I’ve declared my hand when it comes to electronic health records – I think they’re a good idea, I think we use security as an excuse for the health sector lagging behind in this area and I believe they’d make my life simpler. Now I see a glimmer of hope on the horizon. The NHS… Read More »
I’ve always been a fan of the concept of electronic patient records. All the data available in one place to me and to any of my healthcare team. We can all work from the same info, it doesn’t get lost in the post and there isn’t a massive upheaval if you happen to move house.… Read More »
We Brits like to whinge about the NHS. It’s apparently inefficient with long waiting times and poor service. Yet despite its faults, I’m a fan. Why? Good or bad? I’ve always been generally supportive of the concept of the NHS, but this support has grown over the last few years, partly driven by greater exposure… Read More »