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Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I drove past the site opposite the Harvester which > has been referenced a couple of times on this > thread yesterday ... and there were no trees. > > Actually, they are behind a green fence (behind > where the tree trunks are lit up by lights). They > are not in the front section where they used to be > last year. The front section is the car park, isn't it?

That's a bit odd, as why would you have his details otherwise?

Blue Mountain is closing permanently. I'm devastated. Its latest incarnation was brilliant. It was the first sign of gentrification in East Dulwich many moons ago, but a good one. 😭😭😭

shazza76 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Completed an Econsult online form for DMC first > thing Monday morning. After sending it, they said > you?ll be contacted by text, email, phone by 6.30 > on Tuesday 23rd Nov. I?ve heard nothing about an > appointment. So do I just wait and see and hope I > get a call. > > Another issue. Went to Lloyds to collect > medication for elderly relative. Sent medication > request to DMC early last week. Assumed it had > been sent to Lloyds. Nope, no prescription sent. > So when I went into Lloyds they tell me to go to > DMC and speak directly to request emergency > prescription. They are not replying to emails as > they have a backlog apparently of over 1000 > emails. > I understand they are short staffed but how can > they function like this. > Anyway went to DMC, spoke to someone who really > didn?t want to listen and kept interrupting me. > Well a script was requested so waiting another 48 > hours, they said that?s all can be done. The > patient is on medication for diabetes and heart > and the surgery really are not bothered. > > Just fed up with DMC and it will not get any > better. Have a look at Lloyds Direct (used to be Echo). Your relative can get her meds delivered direct to her home. And they arrive on time, even though they come via Royal Mail! Delivery is free.

natty01295 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Near the old Grove Tavern Pub near forest hill The entrance is on the South Circular (the entrance to the Cricket Club).

Jenijenjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?The Gardens has removed the functionality to > contact them online via website or via app, for > patient issues.? > > I believe their econsult service is still up and > running? I?m not with The Gardens but have used it > with my surgery and have found it very good. Would > recommend > > https://www.thegardenssurgery.co.uk/econsult Thank you, I wasn't aware of econsult!

Curated.

bonaome Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > The Gardens has removed the functionality to > contact them online via website or via app, for > patient issues. It is quite easy to email The Gardens. Their email address is clearly given on the "contact us" page of their website. [email protected] I used it to send written information to a GP prior to a telephone appointment.

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cabinet 34 appears to be a small box on Bawdale > Road with the junction of Lordship Lane next to > Franklins. Thanks!

Thanks, I'm cabinet 34, but I have no idea where that is!

alex_b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Someone in my road has had a large bag of sand > > standing in the road outside their house for > weeks > > (possibly months, I can't remember when it > first > > appeared). > > > > At first I assumed this was to save a space for > > the arrival of a skip, or for builders' > vehicles > > etc, but the bag of sand is never moved, so > > vehicles delivering or collecting materials > from > > the house have to park alongside the bag of > sand, > > blocking the road. > > > > Meanwhile, nobody can park there. > > > > Is that a) allowed and b) reasonable? > > Report it to Southwark highways department and > they?ll deal with it. We had a builder taking up > over three parking spaces with a couple of skips > and building material stored on the road. > Southwark dealt with it really quickly. I keep thinking surely they will remove it soon, but they don't.

How on earth do you all recognise these people?!

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Today we have been doubly blessed. 🤣

They keep the Guinness well, too. And they've got a great jukebox, which last time we were in there we didn't have to pay for, grammar.

Sorry duplicate post

holloway Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Saw a few outside John Allen flowers this morning, > they'll be brown bread by Christmas surely..? Maybe they are in a pot? I have one in a pot which has kept going for a good few years now. You do have to make sure it is pot grown and not just dug up and shoved in a pot with its roots cut off to fit the pot, though! Mind you I do have an allotment to keep it on!

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One of it's biggest selling points was the pool > table, but they seemed to get rid, perhaps because > of COVID? Does anyone know if it's coming back at > some point? It might have been after the changes of manager? I never went in that side of the pub, so I don't know.

Missed appointment fee??? 😮 How much?

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All BT told me was "I can see an online chat > advisor had said there is an active Area issue on > the 14/11" and "the external cabinet to be looked > at on Thursday 18/11 between 13:00 - 18:00 " but > no idea where it is or even if it is now repaired > - but my broadband currently works. Mine seems OK today so far, fingers crossed.

bonaome Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > ----------------------- > > but perhaps she was > > having an off day). > > No. She?s like that all the time. And with > everyone, as far as I can tell, so at least I > don?t take it personally. It gave me a really bad first impression of the surgery. She shouldn't be working in a job where she has to deal face to face with patients. The other admin sraff and medical staff must be aware, so if she is like it with everyone I find it hard to understand why she is still there.

How do you find out which cabinet you are connected to?

There is a shortage of GPs because so many are either retiring or going part-time, and newly qualified doctors are not keen to become GPs any more (and who can blame them?) So I've read. I've also read that existing GPs presently have 300 more patients each than they used to.

wordsworth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He dies at the end. Thanks a bunch 😡 I haven't seen it. Not much point now 😡

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I made an official complaint about my BT Halo and > was told there were active issues for the last 5 > days (but I suspect it has been more like a month) > - an engineer was also going to fiddle around at a > junction box today. It definitely is not fine. I know Plusnet are owned by BT, but do they use the same external hardware or whatever it is in the junction boxes, etc? rupert james, that's appalling but doesn't surprise me. Try contacting BT's CEO, that usually brings results!

Monkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Gardens Surgery is fantastic. I?m hesitating > to move because I don? want to switch GP. I recently changed to The Gardens, and I'm very happy with my experiences so far (apart from one very non-welcoming non-medic, I presume one of the admin people, when I went for my "new patient session" with the nurse, but perhaps she was having an off day). The nurse and GPs have been excellent, though I have had to wait for appointments, but the issues weren't urgent. The GP appointments were all on the phone but I was very happy with the outcomes and referrals. So far much better than the two practices I was with previously in the area. ETA: Depending on what the issue is, you can sometimes circumvent your GP (if you can't get an appointment) by phoning 111. The triage process is a bit of a pain, but once you get to speak to a doctor, you can get an appointment with a GP (not your own) if they think it is necessary, or an A&E/minor injuries appointment ditto, on the same day (in my experience, things might have changed given the current situation with the NHS).