Originally Posted by
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I don't know if it's done on purpose (all those who had to have help are European immigrants) but it felt as if the response was designed to tell people to eff off and go private/back in their home countries.
Ignoring the expletive
, that might be well-intended, sensible advice.
My GP diagnosed a likely solar keratosis on my skin, possibly a precursor of skin cancer. Nothing urgent, but something better seen to sooner rather than later. There was no foreseeable NHS dermatology appointment so my insurance kicked in with a private one a week later, where the lesion was frozen into oblivion.
Chatting with a medic friend in Lisbon over the weekend he assured me my local centro de saúde/policlínica would have got me referred within six weeks.