Perhaps one of the newspapers might be persuaded to run a weekly column highlighting members or units of HM Forces in such situations to embarrass the individuals in MOD or other departments who permit this kind of runaround in matters of medical, taxation, accommodation etc. Not in some kind of "pity-the-poor-Tommy-give-'im-a-copper" way, more like a "get-this-sorted-action-this-day" style. God knows there's enough fodder in the Mil Forum and ARRSE to write 52 columns a year.