(no subject)

[sebastienne]

* You can buy paracetamol in Tesco. It's a potent liver poison that can kill you quite easily.

* After a five minute appointment with a locum GP, whom you may never have seen before, you can be prescribed mind-altering drugs, habit forming drugs, controlled substances and things that are all three.

* Apparently it is inappropriate for one of the world's most experienced practitioners in the relevant area, on the basis of a one hour consultation, to prescribe what are essentially birth control pills, more or less harmless, which are available over the counter in many jurisdictions to people presenting with a lifelong history of the condition that they will alleviate. Indeed, such an action may very possibly result in extreme sanction from the General Medical Council.

Comments

[queerpup.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this.

Arseholes.

I really want CX to be investigated, and found to be negligent, and to have to pull their socks up smart after this.

GRRRR

[vass]

Oh, auntysarah. I remember reading her whole account of her transition once after stumbling on her journal through friendsfriends.

*reads* Fucking hell. The story about that woman who had to do the life test without any support and wasn't allowed to quit her job... *covers face in horror*

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link - excellent stuff.

I've mentioned how much I hate the word "inappropriate", haven't I? Automatic censure for those that are unwilling to think.

[adiaadore.livejournal.com]

Dude, when I was in London, I went to the doctor about my anxiety, and he was like, have some valium. All you want.

I shit you not. My pysch teacher was furious.

[auntysarah.livejournal.com]

I hope reading my whole account wasn't too tedious! I do seem to have written quite a lot of it...

*reads* Fucking hell. The story about that woman who had to do the life test without any support and wasn't allowed to quit her job... *covers face in horror*

A fair few of us in the public gallery were moved to the edge of tears by that. Ms Reed was clearly having a lot of trouble giving her evidence - the emotion in her voice was obvious, and she had to compose herself a couple of times. I think she was incredibly brave to go and do what she did.