Quite possibly, by my wife has a constant battle with NHS nurses, who seem to have a "this is what we do so this is what you must tolerate" attitude, in spite of what her Consultant Dermatologist has decided.

Interestingly enough, in July when she applied for NHS appointment for a skin patch test, the date given was in October! Result of this was she emailed her consultant who, because of the urgency to establish which dressings and emolient creams to which she has an allergy, had it changed to 5 days later in July - you need to know the tricks to get on to the right list!!! Mind you, turned out to be a bloody waste of time, and it was only the dressings and antibiotic creams provided in the private Spanish clinic that gave no discomfort whatsoever! Spanish medicine is clearly more advanced in that respect!!!

She has already emailed details of all this to her Consultant Dermatologist in advance of her appointment next week. Then begins the farce with our NHS surgery!!!