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  • popeye62
    popeye62 stuart1953

    Posted

    cheers for that stuart,i must admit this af as some very big words init
  • derek76
    derek76 stuart1953

    Posted

    It would be initially be massively expensive for the NHS to supply patients with monitors at around £200+. Would GPs want to lose the income the clinics generate. The surgery I go to checks over 100 patients a week at about £10 a time.
    • popeye62
      popeye62 derek76

      Posted

      Hi Derek still trying to take all this af thing in so looking at aspects of a cure or hope for dealing with af
    • derek76
      derek76 popeye62

      Posted

      Hopefully your cardioversion will be a sucess.
    • marco
      marco derek76

      Posted

      I don't think that NICE is proposing the free issue of INR monitors on the NHS but is flying a kite for self-monitoring. It seems CoaguCheck and maybe others have lobbied NICE to generate more sales of their monitors at £350 each.Ouch!
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