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Some of you may remember that I wrote the the Minister of Health for Wales about the GPs now being banned from testing T3.

Today I recieved a reply (they had 17 working days to reply, it took them 19 and me chasing) that it is the responsibility of the local Health Board and they could not answer individual enquiries. The local Health Board had said it was a Welsh Government thing.

I clicked reply on the email and gave them both barrels very politely. Apparently the reply does not work.... You have to start again, emailing the Minister, so that the reply I had will not be included in the correspondence, and of course, wait another month...

I wont give up. I did point out that they had just done a big thing about upgrading womens health, and how this went against that policy.

We pay these people to do this? Can I have my money back?

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Why are UK patients treated like children! In some countries you can buy medication over the counter or in vending machines on the street. How grown up!

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Stay strong serenfach. When we are watching what goes on at government level, doesn’t it make you wonder about the respect we ourselves have imbued in these doughnuts? Their level of idiocy is becoming clearer. I refuse to think for one moment that we will not see this debacle sorted out!

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