advice on genetic testing

I  was refered to the genetic dept at our local hospital when i was diagnosed back at the end of 2012,  my sister, her 2 grown daughters and my 2 teenage daughters all wanted to know if we carry the gene as breast cancer runs in our family on my mums side, having lost our mum to it and a cousin, and living aunt has had it both sides, and another cousin also, we went for the appt and organised testing and was told they will get back to us, we gave them the family medical history etc and nearly 2 years later i am still waiting, i have contacted them several times with no response so stuffed if i know, i was told by someone my sister knows that works at the hospital they dont have the funding for the testing and that would be why it has not been done, looks like you need to be living in a major city to get this service.  So we are still in the dark as to wether we have the cancer gene or not.