there’s no excuse to not get a proper diagnosis if it’s free and available

I don’t live with public healthcare, but I’ve heard that availability can be difficult in countries with public healthcare. What I’ve seen many people in those countries is that they are either denied an referral for an assessment by a general practitioner that likely doesn’t know what to look for, the general practitioner is denying a referral to make a misguided point, or that the wait to be assessed can be up to 3 years.