• breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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

    • DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 months ago

      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…