Growlybear

Thanks for the replies. I have tried to get a telephone appointment today and yesterday but the econsult capacity has been reached by 8.10 am on both days. I will be waiting at 8 am on the dot tomorrow!

I wondered if anyone else has been waiting for ages for test results from Forest Hill Road Group Practice? Having twice been given the wrong sample bottle, I handed two samples in at the practice for testing on 6 February. Test results usually show up on the My GP app within a couple of days, and when there was no update, I called the surgery on 15 February. One of the staff said there had been delays in getting test results back, but a large batch were expected later that day, and she promised faithfully to call me back the next day. Of course, she didn't, and when I rang the surgery again later that day, I was told that loads of outstanding results had just come back, and the doctor would ring me when she had looked at them. The woman I spoke to said that if I didn't hear from the doctor by Tuesday of this week, I should call again. I rang about an hour ago and was once again told that my results must be caught up in the big backlog and to ring again on Friday if I haven't heard anything. She also told me that this is a problem that is affecting all local practices. I wouldn't normally be particularly worried, but depending on the outcome of my tests, my GP said that she would make a referral under the two week pathway, so I'm very concerned by the delay. The woman I spoke to today said that there is no way of chasing my results, and was completely dismissive about my worries. Are other people being told the same as me?

After my very elderly cat died just over a year ago, we were invaded by mice. I tried every type of humane trap and didn’t catch a single one. We got a new kitten at the end of January and by late March he had caught seven mice - several of them were when he was just three months old. We’ve not seen any mice indoors since then. I’m sure your kitten will soon get rid of them!

I ordered some on the website yesterday and they arrived this morning. I was really surprised!

My daughter got her fit to fly certificate done a few months ago at Perry Vale Dental Care in Forest Hill. As far as I know they are still doing them.

I'm looking for recommendations for a restaurant, preferably not a pub, in Dulwich, Forest Hill, Crystal Palace, Beckenham, or Penge for a weekday lunch. The type of food isn't particularly important, but it must have outdoor seating, with heating. Any suggestions please?

If you have regular garden waste, I think it's great value. The service is really reliable - we've never had a missed collection and our bin is emptied every week regardless of the amount that's in it. Southwark charge far less than some other boroughs.

I booked both of my jabs on the NHS website and had them done at Vantage PHarmacy in Conisborough Creacent in Catford. It was empty on both occasions and there was loads of free parking very close by.

No, not yet!

I've got a very heavy chest of drawers which needs to be moved from my hallway on the ground floor to a first floor bedroom. It's wide and is just too heavy for my husband and I to move ourselves, even with the drawers removed. It would literally take ten minutes at the most for two strong people to move. Any suggestions please? Obviously happy to pay a reasonable amount.

I?m looking for recommendations for someone who could collect a chest of drawers from Weybridge and deliver it to me in Forest Hill and an idea of the cost. Many thanks.

My husband had a very different experience this morning. He rang for an on the day telephone consultation at 8 a.m.. The doctor rang him at 9 a.m. and suggested a possible diagnosis. He was given an appointment for first thing tomorrow morning at the Tessa Jowell Centre, and was given a referral form to get an x ray immediately afterwards. I'm not sure how that could be improved, particularly in the middle of a pandemic.