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minus-square@breadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 days agoI lucked out - was on the wait list just before covid, and seemingly covid stopped the tests and worked through the waitlist instead. I was diagnosed and prescribed after waiting 1.5 years. Now it seems people are expected to wait over double that. No wonder there has been a boom in private healthcare diagnosis
minus-square@DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish3•6 days agoMy 2 year wait was over a decade ago, so looong before covid. The fact that things are worse now isn’t really surprising considering the service is now basically a hollowed out carcass with several hundred private firms picking it apart…
I lucked out - was on the wait list just before covid, and seemingly covid stopped the tests and worked through the waitlist instead.
I was diagnosed and prescribed after waiting 1.5 years. Now it seems people are expected to wait over double that.
No wonder there has been a boom in private healthcare diagnosis
My 2 year wait was over a decade ago, so looong before covid. The fact that things are worse now isn’t really surprising considering the service is now basically a hollowed out carcass with several hundred private firms picking it apart…