My daughter is in her first year of uni and rents a room in halls. Her Uni is located in the next town, a 40 minute train ride away. Since last May (before she started Uni) she’s had debilitating pains and after many many doctors visits she has been diagnosed with an illness. Whilst the illness itself is not particularly serious, it’s a long term illness, and her symptoms are very IBS like, and cause her a great deal of pain and discomfort and to become very fatigued, amongst other things. There is no cure, it’s just something that has to be managed.
So, we are trying to see if we can release her from her accommodation contract so that she can live at home and travel to Uni twice a week or so. Of course they do not want to release her from it, but have suggested she get a doctors note to confirm her condition. The doctor has written a very curt message back to her to say they are very busy and basically to not bother them.
Has anyone been in this situation or know whether its reasonable to ask the gp to write some sort of note? Apparently the accommodation people said other people have managed to do this in the past. Any advice would be gratefully received.
Or are we being unreasonable to ask the gp to write a note and to expect the Uni to release her from the contract?