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<blockquote data-quote="EllsKBells" data-source="post: 1360154" data-attributes="member: 338121"><p>[USER=39639]@azure[/USER] to be honest I'm not sure how much success I'd have! When I first moved to university, I tried to get my prescriptions sorted, but the doctor I saw wouldn't issue anything until I'd proved I was diabetic by seeing the consultant, but he wouldn't refer me to the consultant until I proved I was diabetic! Then after that there was the 'diabetic specialist' GP who was extremely confused by the concept of needing to take more insulin if I was high!</p><p></p><p>I''m trying a different approach first, since my department has been fairly unhelpful I'm taking it higher, and if that still doesn't work then I'll make a complaint. I'm reluctant to rock the boat too much, because this masters I am applying for is at the same university, which has been fantastic in so many other ways! I don't really think it is deliberate discrimination, more just a lack of thought and too many levels of organisation, so nobody really knows who has the power to change things, and the people that do are too far removed from everything to actually know what is going on. I'll just have to wait and see what I get back from the Head of Exams, who hopefully will have a bit more experience with these things. Thank you for your advice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllsKBells, post: 1360154, member: 338121"] [USER=39639]@azure[/USER] to be honest I'm not sure how much success I'd have! When I first moved to university, I tried to get my prescriptions sorted, but the doctor I saw wouldn't issue anything until I'd proved I was diabetic by seeing the consultant, but he wouldn't refer me to the consultant until I proved I was diabetic! Then after that there was the 'diabetic specialist' GP who was extremely confused by the concept of needing to take more insulin if I was high! I''m trying a different approach first, since my department has been fairly unhelpful I'm taking it higher, and if that still doesn't work then I'll make a complaint. I'm reluctant to rock the boat too much, because this masters I am applying for is at the same university, which has been fantastic in so many other ways! I don't really think it is deliberate discrimination, more just a lack of thought and too many levels of organisation, so nobody really knows who has the power to change things, and the people that do are too far removed from everything to actually know what is going on. I'll just have to wait and see what I get back from the Head of Exams, who hopefully will have a bit more experience with these things. Thank you for your advice! [/QUOTE]
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