Long term conditions
Our chronic disease reviews help you better manage your medical condition. These are usually provided on an annual basis unless your clinician advises otherwise.
Long term conditions - annual reviews
Our chronic disease reviews help you better manage your medical condition. These are usually provided on an annual basis unless your clinician advises otherwise.
We spend many NHS staff hours and money to text and post reminders for reviews. Invitations cost the NHS a lot of money, so please do respond when invited.
Remember that your health is your responsibility. Although we want to help you keep yourself well, we can't make you attend an annual review.
We would advise against opting out of chronic disease reviews as there is often a cost to your long term health. But you are free to do so - just let us know.
Urgent advice: Diabetes Medicine Supply notification
There are very limited, intermittent supplies of GLP1’s. These are medicines licensed in the management of Type 2 Diabetes. E.g., Ozempic, Rybelsus, Trulicity, Victoza, Saxenda, Byetta and Bydureon.
Unfortunately, the supply is not expected to return to normal until at least late-2024. The supply issues have been caused by an increase in demand for these products. If you are on one of these medications and are having problems with your supply, please contact our prescribing hub (bnssg.pmgprescriptions@nhs.net or 0117 9591919), and a member of the diabetes team will be in contact for a review.