I’m pretty sure they can afford to send the daughter to a private doc
I wrote something the other day then deleted it as I don't want to do what her mum is essentially doing to her and putting her private info online, but as she continues to do so...
but this woman is risking her daughter's future by sharing so much. Declaring chronic illness (especially without a diagnosis yet) is not a smart thing to do before you even start in the NHS. Whilst I don't believe people should need to be secretive about their health and not discuss it, unfortunately some of the worst disability discrimination I've witnessed has been in healthcare. I hope she's got a signed contract and already has had occy health clearance for the current issues because if not she's giving them a lot of ammunition for someone to say no and guess what, discriminating on health grounds seems to be very easy to do within the NHS because they have to be sure you can do the job, do manual handling, be a relatively reliable team member (so not need time off every month, etc.) and they just need to raise patient safety as a concern and it's quite easy for them to do. With covid and resulting long covid, there isn't even a huge amount of redeployment opportunities to less manual jobs either as most have been taken to try and accommodate these long term health issues before having to let others go on health grounds. And I speak as someone that has been on the occy health merry-go-round multiple times, and then the NMC isn't a very compassionate or forgiving organisation either (and I'm thankful to not be under them). But yes, I hope she's already had occy health clearance for suspected diagnosis and the regular use of a prescription painkiller (given her mum has named it, declared the regular doses prescribed by the GP, etc.) as if not this could backfire on her now or in the future should she ever then need accommodations she didn't declare earlier and/or ever makes a mistake and they then have an easy out suggesting her pain/insight/prescription played a part. Car insurance, etc...
I always worry about younger kids like the Hinch kids and the information being put out about them by their own parents that could be used negatively against them in the future as they've had all this sensitive and private data made public and essentially owned by social media companies, so who's to say what employers, insurers, etc. may collect in the future from social media companies, but here in real time, we have a woman who seems either completely naive or really just doesn't care what is shared and it's effects for engagement, and it panics me!
I don't believe anyone should have to go private, but realistically that is the state of things just now, and let's be honest, it's getting longer and worse and quite frankly, if she's been reviewed and nothing deemed a concern currently, she won't be seen as a priority and private would be the route I'd be considering for myself, but realistically this isn't a one off appt for a few hundred £s. It's going to be as much as £10k or more because of surgery for diagnosis and not everyone can do that at the drop of a hat.
I just wish she would think! I'd be livid if my mum shared as much as she is with the neighbours nevermind thousands of strangers, some of whom could potentially be in a position to be making decisions affecting my future.