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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Independent and Lauren MacDougall

Voices: ‘Everything is either anxiety or your period’: Readers share experiences of being dismissed by NHS GPs

Getting an appointment with a GP can take more time than patients bargained for - (Getty)

Too often, young people with serious illnesses are dismissed or told they’re “too young” to be sick – and Independent readers have been sharing their own experiences of being ignored by the NHS.

Our community shared experiences of being dismissed by healthcare professionals, and speculated whether that was down to age, gender, or assumptions about their symptoms.

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