BBC article today says that 16 hospital trusts were using A1C testing machines that have a positive bias (give higher results than they should), and that people who may have been affected will be notified.
Anyone know which 16 trusts these are? I can't find that info anywhere online. Has anyone had a message asking them to be retested?
(Other than the Bedforshire trust that first made the news).
Mine was 42/43, then reduced a bit as I tried to eat lower carbs (which I had been doing to some extent for years, though not severely low-carb), but I only ever got in down to about 39. Then I lost about 26kg. And the A1c was worse again - back to 42!! Made me really wonder what is going on, and is really really frustrating, as I hoped I'd made decent progress and it was going to be noticeably lower.
I have read some studies that show temporary increases in A1C, as well as in cholesterol (which also went up) after weight loss, but I wondered also whether my tests could have been affected by this issue with the machines. I can't find any info on whether my hospital trust is one of the ones involved though.