If you have questions, i would suggest asking your healthcare providers for any information they can offer.. or someone from the health services information offices? Somebody has to know something..
I admire your optimism cookiebaker & if you lived here in England you would understand the irony of the term 'Healthcare Providers'
because It's almost impossible to get an appointment to see a G.P. here, as you have to get past the Receptionists first, known as 'The Gatekeepers'.
They, in their wisdom (I,too, am now being ironic lol) will decide if your symptoms warrant a telephone appointment from a doctor you've not seen before & may have to wait days/weeks to hear back from, who will then, in turn, decide if you're urgent enough to be seen or not, in person in the near or not-so-near future but more likely it would be an internet discussion & woe betide you if you are not computer literate, or worse still have the misfortune to get referred to a Specialist &/or hospital, as the former have Waiting Lists of months, even years, as do the latter & who have all declared they cannot cope due to Covid backlogs & staff shortages of 160,000+ & still counting.
You would have to live here to understand the chaos in all our Public Services, especially the NHS, which is crumbling,
as are Social Services, Care Providers, etc etc.etc.
Those who can afford it go Private, the rest of us just 'Google it' & soldier on as best we can &/or die whilst on an-ever lengthening Waiting List.
That's why Forums like these are literally a Godsend for us & so appreciated.
Meanwhile, I just try & be thankful for the other blessings I do have such as a roof over my head, clean water in the taps, food in the kitchen
& living in peace - all priceless!
