hellosailor

I have friends who bought a 4 bedroom house in ED 18 months ago, have not made any changes to it, and it is now valued for 700k more than they bought it for. 18 months.

Gove's in cahoots with Harris, that's why the situation is so depressingly f***ed

Apparently that twinkly eyed altruist Harris sprinkles magic dust on the pupils and they all get higher grades. That's what I've heard anyway.

Yes unpleasant reading Fuschia, it is well known among teachers that this is how Harris Academies operate and how they appear to have 'improved' all of a sudden. My partner is a teacher and it's well known in the profession that this is what's going on, it's a pretty ugly business.

Okay, perhaps you're not quite as naturally gifted at switching very quickly between issues without losing focus as you think... My surgery and the GPs working out of it are NHS. She recommended we have separate jabs, i.e. as I said, go private if we could afford it. You cannot have separate jabs on NHS. So no, we didn't have the jabs at our surgery. Secondly, the advice, from our very experienced GP, seemed wholly sensible after what had happened previously , so no, 'alarm bells' didn't ring. Anyhoo..off to bed.

Root, I'm beginning to think you might be a troll... Firstly I fail to see how my GP was trying to swindle me out of money? In fact it's my understanding that GPs get paid per jab so she was in fact 'swindling' herself out of money by recommending we have separate jabs (and therefore go privately). Secondly, I'm confused, you think a nurse should be struck off for a.) not vaccinating her children or b.) admitting to me that she has not rather than lying. You're quite the charmer.

root Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hellosailor Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > > > > > Sorry to hear about your daughter. Who > advised > > > you on seeking separate jabs and do you > recall > > the > > > explanation given? > > > > The GP we saw as a follow up advised us to do > > separate jabs for MMR, I don't remember her > exact > > explanation but it was to do with the chances > of > > bad reactions being greater with multi jabs > than > > single jabs apparently. Her son had also been > > hospitalised after the MMR so she knew first > hand > > how scary a bad reaction could be. > > That is weird. It's the first time I've heard of > such a recommencation. I would have imagined that > if there had been a specific ingredient to which > your daughter may have reacted badly that the GP > would have checked thoroughly against the other > shots too. I tried to see what the NHS had to say > but it seems very close to nothing. The following > links makes some good reading: No, they did not suggest it was likely that it was a particular ingredient. Yes, my NHS GP did recommend we do separate jabs in the future if we could afford it, the reason being a multi jab was apparently more likely to cause an adverse reaction. The other option we were offered was to go ahead with the MMR and have it administered in hospital, so my daughter could spend the day on a ward in hospital to monitor her, so they could treat her immediately if the same thing happened again. Out of interest would you have done this? > http://www.babycentre.co.uk/x554800/should-i-give- > my-baby-the-mmr-or-have-the-vaccinations-done-sepa > rately > > (Incidentally I am an computer engineer with a > background and interest in science not a > clinician) > > I didn't for one moment think you were a clinician. > > The nurse at the surgery who I spoke to > afterwards > > said she didn't feel right about advising me > what > > to do about vaccinations in the future as she > > didn't have either of her children vaccinated > due > > to the risks?not very reassuring from the very > > person administering the jabs.. > > That is completely messed up. Was this on the > NHS? Is it messed up? Should she have lied to me then? She gave me her honest opinion, presumably based on being a nurse at a GP practise who spent her days vaccinating children, an opinion, with respect, that is of more interest to me than that of a computer engineer. Yes she was NHS. > > My experience with the NHS has been a postcode > lottery. When I lived in Newham I had a very bad > breakdown in health and all the GP surgery did was > screw me over until they eventually struck me off > their register when I threatened to sue them after > a succession of very big mess ups that could have > had very dire consequences (for me). They messed > up test results giving me all clear when in fact > they were not, and even left front desk idiots to > phone me to tell me that other results were all > clear and that I do not need to come to the > practice (because an X-ray showed no broken bones > which is pretty much to be expected when all the > damage is in soft tissue). > > Then I moved to Tower Hamlets and registered with > a new GP. What a difference!! Over a period of > two years and approximately an average of 10 > GP/Hospital/Physio/etc a month I had my health > back under control.

> > > Sorry to hear about your daughter. Who advised > you on seeking separate jabs and do you recall the > explanation given? The GP we saw as a follow up advised us to do separate jabs for MMR, I don't remember her exact explanation but it was to do with the chances of bad reactions being greater with multi jabs than single jabs apparently. Her son had also been hospitalised after the MMR so she knew first hand how scary a bad reaction could be. The nurse at the surgery who I spoke to afterwards said she didn't feel right about advising me what to do about vaccinations in the future as she didn't have either of her children vaccinated due to the risks?not very reassuring from the very person administering the jabs..

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > that is an option but why would you take it? > > What is it about the MMR jab that would make you > consider spending hard cash? Forgot to answer your question SJ, My daughter had a serious reaction to one of the infant jabs and it was very scary, it was deemed more likely to have happened because it had been a mutlti jab, so we didn't want to take the chance of the same thing happening again. hence went for separate jabs next time.

> > > Not that long ago there was a proposal to merge > MMR with Varicella but that was dropped because > the risks of things going wrong with MMRV were > considered unaceptable compared to MMR. Where did you find that information root? Can you please provide a link? Why was the risk deemed greater out of interest?

There is a middle ground too, tho it's expensive unfortunately and therefore I understand not a choice everyone could make, but if you want your child vaccinated but don't want the MMR, you can pay privately for separate jabs, which is what we did. We did not want the MMR (nothing to do with Wakefield, I have never read his claims even) but we did want her vaccinated. Will do the same for our second when the time comes. Not cheap but another option out there should people wish to take it.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > seems odd that someone who is saying children > should be vaccinated is accused of being Daily > Mail > > It was the Mail that did so much to spread that > anti Vaccine message! it is root's assertion that people who choose not to vaccinate should not be allowed to have children that put me in mind of The Mail, oh and his casual use of the word 'retarded'. Real nice.

I've always wondered if vaccines are totally safe, why there is a whole government dept dedicated to paying out compensation for those seriously disabled by vaccinations each year. Perhaps you can shed some light on it Root? https://www.gov.uk/vaccine-damage-payment https://www.gov.uk/vaccine-damage-payment/eligibility

root Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Or better still, if you don't want to vaccinate > your children then do not have children in the > first place as it is the lives of others and > society at large you are putting at risk when you > don't. You're nor getting it root. It's the parents choice. Who are you to say that people who do not vaccinate their children should not have children. You sound like the Daily Mail, in fact I've never read a post by you that didn't sound like The Daily Mail.

Yes they get paid per consultation, per vaccination, etc etc. this is why they take on more and more patients despite not even having enough staff to man the phones.

Was just in there a minute ago to pick something up, absolutely deserted waiting room so who IS actually getting an appointment, I'd love to know. A couple of people came in to ask for the forms to join as a patient and reception blithely handed them over, great to know that even tho they aren't able to handle the 55, 000 + patients they already have, Dr. Gupta is still taking on more, hey its all money in the bank right Dr. Gupta? That mansion won't pay for itself!

In response to your question HOmum http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/9843971/Summer-born-children-at-bottom-of-the-class-warn-experts-and-parents.html

Yes you're lucky to have got omeprazole so quickly rather than having to jump through the hoops of trying the (often not effective) options of Gaviscon and then ranatadine first. It is likely to work so hang in there! My daughter had reflux and the waiting list was so long to get seen at Kings that she outgrew it at about 6 months which was the same time she was seen! Our son started omeprazole at about 8 weeks old and it took a week to see improvement but then it worked brilliantly. It is much more expensive in liquid form than tablet form but we pressed for it as our baby was so little and our GP prescribed the liquid. Like you describe with your daughter, his reflux only came on at 3 weeks and he was crying and writhing in pain constantly, plus bringing up milk constantly, and the omeprazole changed everything. We also got a cot wedge like this and made sure he was sitting up for at least 30 mins after a feed in his bouncy chair on its most vertical setting. Hang in there, it will get better xx http://www.babyreflux.co.uk/babyreflux-lift-safely-reflux-wedge-60cm-cot-291

Thanks all, loads of useful suggestions there! Goodliz it is definitely not confined to pregnancy this time round as my baby is 6 months old now, so it looks like it's here to stay, so irritating! Am going to get some cooling gel and also try the banana / tonic water / magnesium? you're right it is very annoying for the person trying to sleep next to you too!

I had RLS with my first pregnancy and it went away as soon as I gave birth, got it in my 2nd pregnancy, and it has stayed since giving birth and is driving me up the wall, I massage my calves, is there anything else that people have found relieves it? it's at its worst in the eve and when I'm in bed. I also get it in my arms, really don't want to have this forever, grrrrrrr.

Yes definitely room for 2, and your ideas sound quite different, looking forward to either / both of them opening!

Mum2be Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Beat you to it Hun I'm afraid I'm in proses of > opening one on lordship lane but it is a great > idea whereabouts on LL is it going to be Mum2be? When is it opening? Thanks!

midivydale my daughter started the terrible twos at about 17/18 months, and *appears* (famous last words) to be coming out of it now, a few weeks off her 3rd birthday. Unless she's gearing up for being an awful threenager?.aaaagh!

DuncanW Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > But Harris > are successful for a very good reason, and some > people must have very short memories or be new to > the area (which is fine) if they can't see that. One of the reasons is that they get a new head in, and they immediately permanently exclude (expel) the children who are not doing at all well academically, which makes their results look better without any actual change having happened. Not another one in our area please.

I believe they're trialling it with chemo patients as well as for morning sickness and motion sickness..