She needs to do some fucking research and wind her neck in before she keeps mouthing off on things she has no clue about:
1. Sick of the excuses coming out of Stephen Donnelly mouth: he is explaining that Cariban is not licenced and, as it’s not licenced, it has to be prescribed by a consultant. That’s existing legislation, he didn’t pull that requirement out of his arse. All he’s doing is reiterating what you’ve already been told. Instead of banging the same moany drum, maybe switch your focus to ask for legislative reform??
2. Doctors prescribe licenced medicines on DPS: correct, LICENCED medicines. Stay with me Sabby - Cariban is unlicensed. Hence the difference. You’re comparing apples and oranges and making a tit of yourself.
3. HRT: we have had shortages of HRT persisting years now. Effects Ireland and loads of other countries and is a combination of increased prescribing of HRT in the last number of years (due to increased education around treatment of menopause symptoms - which is amazing!) and a manufacturing issue affecting the active ingredient that goes into it. Affects multiple markets, no country can keep it in stock to meet demand. Not a government issue, you may want to petition the manufacturer on that one Sabby.
4. No smears for women under 25: there is no policy that requires women under 25 to have smears. This is due to the fact women under 25 can have cervical cell abnormalities that correct themselves but could lead to unnecessary worry and intervention that is not actually required. All interventions have the potential for risk and minor changes are common but cervical cancer in this age group is extremely rare. It’s also important to note that a smear does not identify all types of cervical cancer so there is actually no benefit to early smear tests. You could have a normal smear but a type of cervical cancer that isn’t detected by smears (of course the heroic cervical campaigners were told they had normal smears but they actually didn’t, that’s a different issue. Their test SHOULD have picked up their abnormal cells) . Smears for over 25s is based on global clinical best practice and I don’t see that changing cause some moany wan in Cork has added it to her list of grievances.
sabby needs to research what she’s talking about before she opens her mouth and makes a holy show of herself. Does she not wonder why she’s not being listened to, she’s completely incorrect!!