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Our toxic relationship with the NHS

18 January 2023

10:00 PM

18 January 2023

10:00 PM

The nurse fixed me with a disapproving stare: ‘Why is there such a gap between these prescriptions?’

I had gone for a blood pressure check so I could get my HRT, but when she looked at my notes she could see that they last prescribed it years ago.

The honest answer to her question was simple: ‘Because you were working from home.’

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