I’m so sad to her you’re going through this, but not shocked in the slightest. There have been numerous threads on MN about this shocking lack of respect for women’s bodily and medical autonomy. You’d think we were still in the 1950s, with this kind of paternalistic, misogynistic ‘doctor knows best’ bullshit.
OP, you’re going to have to get very tough and very firm.
Tomorrow first thing, I would ring and INSIST on speaking to the practice manager, as you have an urgent complaint.
Explain that you are very perplexed, as you have explained on numerous occasions that you no longer wish to have this implant and have been given an unacceptably long wait to have it removed. This despite the fact you have explained that it is causing your mental health to deteriorate, and you cannot understand why they are choosing to make you suffer for much longer.
I would then say something like ‘for the complete avoidance of any doubt, I want you to note on my medical record right now that I no longer consent to this medical treatment and I informed you of this on X date (first date you rang), ie I no longer consent to having this implant in me. I want it noted that I have explained to the GP that this medical device is having a deleterious effect on my mental health. I want it noted that I have been refused removal for a two month period, and my autonomy is being denied. I find it utterly ridiculous and unacceptable that this medical practice has been put on notice that I am suffering from iatrogenic depression, because of medical treatment I no longer consent to, but the practice GPs are refusing to respect my autonomy by removing it in a timely manner. I expect an appointment to be found for removal within the next seven days. Otherwise, I will be complaining to NHS England that you are denying me my medical autonomy and actively causing me mental and physical harm. Please put my request on my medical records and also document your plans to address it’.
Any attempt to placate and fob you off, and I would just ask ‘are you still refusing to remove this device, despite me telling you it is causing me harm and I no longer consent to having it? Are you really telling me that you denying me my right to autonomy?’
I’d be very surprised if you don’t get traction after that, as you are rubbing their nose in their breach of medical ethics and their liability if your mental health were to significantly deteriorate because of their failure to act in a timely manner.
As a pp says, if they really wanted to, they could find an appointment much sooner, either by using one reserved for emergencies (which this now is, given their outrageous disregard for your health and autonomy), rearranging other things, or doing a bit of overtime. They can make it happen, they’re just choosing not to. Make it clear things will get uncomfortable for them unless they change their tune pronto.
It makes my blood boil that women are subjected to this unacceptable behaviour.
Good luck.