Slocky

On 12/04/2024 at 18:19, Froglander said:

When you say from a number of constituents, do you mean about Tessa Jowell GP Surgery?

Yes

Practice Manager hasn’t bothered to reply to my complaint letter sent on 23 February. I raised this with Helen Hayes who has contacted the NHS Integrated Care Board. She has had similar complaints from a number of constituents so it’s worth writing to her.

I sent a formal complaint to the practice manager on 23 February. They haven’t bothered to reply or even acknowledge. I have forwarded to Helen Hayes MP.

I had the self-same experience with TJ over the past 12 days with viral gastroenteritis which resolved but morphed into bronchitis/asthma (viruses invariably trigger asthma attacks with me).  AskmyGP doesn't work, the emergency phone line takes forever to be answered and then you are told there are no appointments that day and the only option is to start the Kafkaesque Askmy GP routine at 8am the next day or call 111. (if you're stupid enough to hit 1 to request a call back don't expect anything of the kind. I tried on 2 separate days and no-one bothered to call back).

On 21 Feb I tried for the last time to get an appointment via AskmyGP. It opened at 8am and I started to fill in the form only for it to close 30 seconds later saying there were no more appointments. This was before 8.01am.

I then called 306 and they picked up promptly. I asked if I could be seen that day if I filled in the online transfer and they said they would try. I was lucky enough to see a very nice GP later that day and was given the medication I need.

I've left a review on the NHS website and made a complaint to the Practice Manager which I may now send to Helen Hayes. It seems to me a total abrogation of their duty of care to their patients.

Volcano Coffeeworks (cafe in West Norwood but can be found all around and here -https://volcanocoffeeworks.com) roast the freshest and best tasting beans I've ever found. From a variety of single origin beans to some fantastic blends - eg Firehouse is sublime for both filter and espresso.

The last Monmouth beans I bought locally were stale - always check the roasting date.

Had my first jab at TJ on 16 Feb and they were very clear that I'd receive a text message about booking the 2nd jab in about 11 weeks time. But to contact them if I don't. I wouldn't start worrying about it yet.

Visited on Sunday afternoon so likely to be fairly busy and it was. I liked the old co-op. Maybe I'd got used to its foibles

- lots of empty space at the front, narrow and cramped aisles from 1/3 of the way back

- didn't seem to have quite a few of the items I wanted (which they used to have) tho it's possible I couldn't find them

- the fast and efficient self-service tills have now gone and been replaced with the frustrating weight-sensitive ones they have in the M&S

I prefer the old co-op. This is probably a good thing as I'll now use it infrequently like I do M&S and rely more on SMBS and AJ Farmer, which can only be a good thing.

alice Wrote:

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> cwjlawrence Wrote:

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> > Here?s some good news to cheer you all up on a

> > cold Monday night!

> >

> > Coming back from my daughter's primary school

> last

> > Friday, I counted 54 unique bicycles between

> > leaving Dulwich Hamlets (not including she or

> I),

> > cycling along Calton Ave and down EDG to

> Melbourne

> > Grove. You?re not misreading that - it was 54

> > bikes in a 5 minute cycle ride. It was like

> being

> > in Beijing in the 70s!

> >

> > I've never seen anything like this in East

> Dulwich

> > and certainly not in the dark on a foggy day in

> > winter! 10 years ago, I wouldn't expect to see

> > anyone cycling and even last year there maybe

> be

> > only 1 or 2 people, and probably MAMILs at that.

>

> > Contrast this with this scene of this number of

> > cyclists (of which only 1 or 2 were MAMILS!)

> going

> > to and from school/work.

> >

> > In my son's class at school, there has been a

> real

> > shift in how his classmates get to school with

> > children now cycling from Clapham who used to

> get

> > driven over in rush-hour traffic.

> >

> > If this is what it?s like in winter, just

> imagine

> > what it?s going to be like come the spring - an

> > active travel paradise!

>

>

> When you live in the Golden Triangle of Dulwich -

> all manner of wonderful transformational sights

> can be seen.

>

> But for the rest of us. Nah,

On Matham Grove there is increased vehicle traffic cutting through to travel south on LL but also increased bicycle (and occasional scooter) traffic, often against the one way direction, many of whom are parents and kids travelling to the nursery on the corner. I do hope it is closed to through vehicle traffic asap not only to encourage more to travel through by bike but also before there is a collision of the two, sadly looking increasingly likely.

"I've always wondered how a human rights solicitor would have the experience and knowledge to run what is in essence a very very large company without any hands on business experience."

Is this as opposed to the hands on business experience of a "journalist" sacked twice for making stuff up or just generally?

FairTgirl Wrote:

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> For anyone who has not seen it - Cllr McAsh posted

> this on his blog today.

>

> https://www.jamesmcash.com/blog/faqs-on-goose-gree

> n-ltn-measures

A useful, informative and balanced analysis I thought.

Thanks, yes I've just discovered that. Wish I'd known before burning through the first 5 to various workmen.

5 hour permits are better value and the price doesn't go up when you reorder.

Definitely ?48.40 for 1 day permits. Maybe because I already bought a book of 10 and the price doubles every time you buy some more? Who knows...

Cost of 10 x 1 day permits has suddenly increased from ?26.90 to ?48.40. Wish I'd bought more last week

Abe_froeman Wrote:

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> But your empathising with my comment laying the

> blame squarely on those who clamoured for a CPZ,

> some of whom are now parking in the CPZ free

> streets away from their homes!

I wasn't agreeing with your comment, far from it. I was empathising with residents East of LL who you claim are now experiencing their streets suffocated with cars and don't have a CPZ to alleviate the problem.

Abe_froeman Wrote:

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> But you literally just did blame other residents

> !! "Perhaps experiencing what those of us West of

> Lordship Lane went through"

Empathy is quite different to blame, but hey ho.

Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote:

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> CPZs kidnapped Shergar.

I don't know whether to blame CPZs or 5G masts. But I don't blame other local residents.

Abe_froeman Wrote:

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> East of Lordship Lane is definitely bearing the

> brunt of the CPZ fallout. Possibly from the West

> Peckham CPZ too now that the schools in that zone

> are back.

>

> I don't think it will be long before the clamour

> for an extension will whelm the council into a new

> consultation.

Perhaps experiencing what those of us West of Lordship Lane went through. Though I'd guess that the CPZ has deterred some from using their car at all. The CPZ has been a massive improvement in Matham Grove.

first mate Wrote:

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> Why Rockets, they?re all cycling in from Kent

> now😉

I hope some of them are. Like I've done, they will find out how much nicer it is than driving in. And if they keep it up they are likely to live longer too.

TheCropolite Wrote:

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> Jules-and-Boo Wrote:

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> > people do drive when they could easily walk.

> >

> > it's just a fact.

> >

> > We need to actively work to get people to

> change

> > their habits and get out of their cars and

> walk/

> > cycle/ public transport/ essential journeys.

> >

> > It's really not a right that needs protecting

> as

> > much a people think.

>

> 100% agree.

More 100% agreement here. We all have to stop making unnecessary car journeys. Driving a car down residential roads is a privilege, not a right. Since this privilege has been so heavily abused for so long with all the appalling consequences for the health and well-being of us all it is essential that measures are taken to limit and curtail this privilege. Let's just wait and see how these measures pan out.

Abe_froeman Wrote:

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> Would also add that when ever I cycle it's the

> other cyclists who are the most terrifying road

> users. I've had far more near misses with lycra

> clad crazies riding right on my wheel to get a

> tow, or trying to overtake at a pinch point, or

> going through a red light at high speed, than

> I've had with pseudo military vehicles, or even

> just civilian cars or lorries.

>

> A couple of times I've even had other cyclists

> lean on me as I've rounded a bend.

>

> Some of them are awful road hogs and I really

> think it's time for mandatory licences for

> cyclists in London now.

On the other hand I've been cycling in London for over 25 years and I cannot remember another cyclist ever representing the slightest danger to me. To themselves, yes, but frankly I'm less concerned about that. Drivers on the other hand are more or less a constant threat and I see unbelievably selfish, reckless and dangerous behaviour from drivers almost every time I ride.

Some of them are awful road hogs and should be made to do some sort of cycle awareness test as they are a law unto themselves.

In no true sense of the word are Melbourne Grove and associated roads "closed". I walk and cycle along them regularly (and it's been much nicer recently) and I could drive down any of them if I wished to.

Perhaps we should cut back on the hyperbole until we've seen how these measures pan out in the long term.

Agreed, ToastED has been my favourite place in ED, possibly Londonwide too, since I moved here 3 years ago. Terroirs by Charing X is very good but not as good. And the new place will not be serving brunch. Their mushrooms on toast, and more recently the black pudding, was incredible. The staff were always lovely. It will be sorely missed.

2 bikes stolen last night from my garden shed. The thing is the garden is only surrounded by other gardens and is not at all accessible from the street. Anyone else had intruders/thefts from their garden nearby or noticed anything suspicious?

Two bicycles (nice ones) stolen from my garden shed in Matham Grove last night. There is no clear access to the street so thieves must have made their way through neighbouring gardens and scaled my fairly high wooden fence. And escaped with the bikes that way. Anyone had similar problems or noticed anything suspicious?

Strange that Veer Zara and the one next door to it are almost always empty then.

Yes, they are pretty much all out of 1985 and Ive not been in one ED "curry house" that I didn't find disappointing. Fortunately, Ganapati is just down the road and I live in hope that VZ might relaunch along those lines.