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I wonder when the Ofsted report will be published . Does anyone know ? And sympathies to everyone on tenterhooks to hear result of secondary school allocation today .

My mothers surgery offer " telephone consultations " ,need to be booked and not sure how long it takes to get one . During my travails with Forest Hill Rd ( not same surgery as mother ) the abrupt receptionist never suggested this as an option - and frankly I was in too much pain to think straight and to ask if this service was available . But apparently Forest Hill offer it as well - maybe all surgeries do ? But a telephone consultation might have been the answer for sunskippy and treehugger . So one to remember . Plus lower your expectations - GP's are busy ,norovirus is rampant - can be scary when you're in it's grip but if you're a generally healthy adult won't require a GP visit . And the walk in clinic at the Lister http://www.southwarkpct.nhs.uk/our_services/gp_walk_in_centre and New Cross ( apparently much less busy than Peckham ) http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/GP.aspx?pid=E6A6BC33-5A63-4D71-B01A-45CB35A0392F are open 8am to 8pm 7 days a week + bank holidays and are very good .

Thank you that's really helpful .

thank you red devil ,would you be able to tell me what watt the cfl you're using is ? By which I mean in terms of equivalent to the old incandescent 60watt ,100 watt range ?

Looking for a desk lamp for an elderly person to read by . Light on table near easy chair positioned adjacent to table ,elderly person not sitting at table . I started off thinking CFL as looking for a daylight type light ,but all the table lamp ones seem not to be very bright . ( yes I know " bright " = minefield of luxes ,lumens ,candlesomethings etc etc . which I struggle to get my head round ) Thinking low temperature and ease of positioning . Maybe this Anglepoise LED http://www.anglepoise.com/Type75LED.aspx. Can people give me their views ( subjective I suppose ) on how halogen v LED work for them as a targeted /focused light to read by ? Please help ,soooo many hours of my life being spent on this .

hillbillie I think the recent change to the wording is so that the way in which the school administers their stated current policy conforms to the adjudicator's ruling . I don't think they have time to change the policy ( the'd have to consult etc ) for this year's admissions .

I'm afraid this is a general problem . I'm with Forest Hill Rd . I've had some ongoing infection/pain stuff during the last 2 months and on 3 ocassions have phoned only to be told that the next available appointment is 4 of 5 days away . The walk in clinic at the Lister is good and apparently they also have one at New Cross which is " much less busy " . Guess it's a busy time of year ,norovirus and all that . Suppose we all need to lower our expectations . Sigh ,off to swallow more painkillers .

5 choices - Debster why use the word " choice " ? You must be aware that no choice is involved . And everything what prickle said . Except I'll pass on Starsky .

Sure it's not just the roadworks which are there at moment ?

Thanks charlottep .

charlottep can I ask what they were prescribed for the stomach cramps ?

Oh yes - so far my personal tally is 3 adults and one very elderly frail person afflicted . Seems to start with sore throat and coughing which morphs into vomiting . The vomiting seems to go on over several days ,not your normal 24 hour bug . GP says airborne ,spread before people aware that they are infected and to be vigilant about containing sneezes/coughs and ruthless with handwashing . Seems a nasty one .

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think the council plan to reduce the size of the roundabout ,not remove it .

Thanks for that Molly .

I've sometimes put an article in the wrong trolley as I'm going round in a daze . Sometimes I even realise my mistake and retrieve it .

Well ,not " give " obviously . I've asked elsewhere on the forum with no luck ,feel sure I've seen this discussed somewhere . I'm looking for a relative in the Bromley/Orpington area . Grateful for any pointers .

Good to know - thanks for the info . Having been lees than impressed with some other local opticians ,I might give the shop go .

Just to say that I helped to care for a 96 year old living alone in her own home in Southwark . She recieved 5 visits a day ( 2 carers each visit ) and had a hoist . ( though don't imagine that this meant the family didn't also need to put many hours in as well ) The carers and the hoist were funded by social services ,the client paid a small ( means tested ) fee towards the cost . And this http://www.thiis.co.uk/new-products-cricket.aspx is a fantastic piece of kit which can obviate the need for a hoist in many cases . There are various ways of supporting elderly people so that they can stay in their own homes and Southwark residents have not had the drastic cuts that those in other areas have .

I've found this http://maciak.org/fixmyprinter worked to clear print jobs and restart the spooler - whatever that is .

It looks like the proposal is to retain the roundabout and tree but reduce the overall size . I think that's probably ok ,though I admit I'm not very good a visualising things from plans .

I feel very unconvinced that Southwark want to have anything to do with secondary education in the borough . Renata - my point was that it cannot be desirable for children going through secondary transfer to sit a number of tests ; I would have hoped ( expected ) that the local authority members on the Admission Forum would have been trying to win support from the Academies/Foundation school in the borough to agree on one test that would be acceptable to all . I don't expect Southwark to shrug it's shoulders and go "oh well as academies want to carry out their own individual tests let's let them get on with it " . Both the main political parties ( with the Lib Dems changing horses mid stream to suit their own political agenda ) pushed for schools to become Academies ,schools to be free of local authority control , and amongst other things to formulate and administer their own admissions policies . Southwark embraced this move unlike some authorities who are still resisting . Now ,when there are problems ,rather than acknowledge and address them the driving motivation is to shift the blame - re Charter " oh it wasn't our fault they mismanaged their admissions ,that's nothing to do with us ,we do as the crow flies ". Yes switched from safe walking distance soooooo long ago oh at least 2 years wasn't it ? re schools deciding they want to have their own banding tests to suit their individual and varying banding systems - oh that's what they want ,better let them get on with it . From the lack of clarity over Kingsdales scholarships to the Charter's attitude that they are above the law ( I see the Southwark News is reporting the school as "provisionally " accepting the OSA's judgement ) it would seem that parents can't sit back and assume that schools will abide by codes of practice and statutory requirements . I would have thought that Southwark has a role to play here but I don't think this is going to happen .

Carbonara - I read those threads on Mumsnet ,I think the suggestion was that someone should refer this issue of confusion over scholarships and how the waiting list operates at Kingsdale to the Schools Adjudicator on the grounds that the lack of clarity is in breach of the Admissions Code. This http://www.education.gov.uk/schoolsadjudicator/howwecanhelp/a0076144/how-to-raise-an-objection-to-school-admission-arrangements link to the Schools Adjudicator explains that a parent or parents can raise issues themselves .It looks as though you intially complete an online form.

Article here http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/feb/09/ofsted-chief-scrapping-satisfactory-rating quoting head of Ofsted saying reinspections of schools ranked as outstanding but with good teaching due to start in autumn .

It's all a learning curve Metallic - good to be aware of "issues " at a school . Forewarned is forearmed and all that . Good Luck .

And shame on Southwark for doing nothing about the way this school put their admissions policy into practice .