We all deserve better.

Mum needed one doctor to sit down with her for an hour a couple of times a year & work through her symptoms & find solutions. She got ten minute telehealth appointments with locums who hadn’t read her notes, referrals to specialists a two hour drive away when she was in too much pain to travel 4/

needs. I support the right of people to choose when to end their life in the face of extreme pain - but I do not believe that is a truly free choice in a system that fails so many patients - especially those with chronic conditions and disabilities - so consistently. 3/

I stand by the article - for the last ten years I watched her be funnelled towards suicide because she couldn’t access appropriate care for her many conditions. She needed consistent, compassionate, joined up care. What she got were fragments, delays, brush-offs & refusals to meet her access 2/

Perfect mystery