New NICE guidelines on home testing (INR) - interesting!

nh_user_386440 · October 1, 2014, 7:26pm

http://www.atrialfibrillation.org.uk/events-news/self%20monitoring%20update.html

anon53727290 · October 2, 2014, 10:27am

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

nh_user_37884 · October 2, 2014, 10:35am

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.

anon53727290 · October 2, 2014, 10:48am

nice money spinner for them

nh_user_37884 · October 2, 2014, 11:16am

Still cheaper for the NHS than prescribing the new expensive anticoagulants:-)

anon53727290 · October 2, 2014, 11:24am

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

nh_user_37884 · October 2, 2014, 4:23pm

Hopefully your cardioversion will be a sucess.

nh_user_7883 · October 7, 2014, 3:15pm

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!