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It's here already at the Hornimans Museum, https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/NH.H.44/

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As bad as the practice has been, their appear to be some occasional green shoots of improvement. I can only hope these are the start of something better, which is over due, and its patients deserve to receive.

Well at least they have one satisfied patient, verses an awful lot who are dissatisfied with the patient experience they have had. As I stated previously, culture is the hardest and takes the longest to change in any organisation.

Marvin Hagler, Former World Championship boxer, aged 66

Clearly, you and those you know feel you have had a good experience, unfortunately many others cannot say that they have had that same experience. I agree with you that all patients should be listened to and treated with respect, kindness, compassion and dignity, but they do not. Reception staff who cannot do the simplest of tasks because they do not listen, are unhelpful or just plain difficult and rude, and at least one of the GP's who clearly thinks they know best and resent being asked the difficult questions or when they clearly do not have knowledge you'd expect them to know as a GP. Then using the "well you've had your 10 minutes" I need to see the next patient routine. Nothing positive about the Pharmacist either. When I hear about the different experience other people have when they speak their own practice ​- this practice still fails on so many levels. They could make some changes to improve the patient experience and hence increase the quality of service. 1. Take blood samples rather then all sending patients to Kings or Tessa Jowell. If other local practices can offer this service, why can't FHRGP? 2. Offer a walk-in service on a Saturday morning. 3. Make available more appointments to see the nurses. 4. Have more Nurse Practioners who can do more than just nursing and can make clinical decisions, they can at the Tessa Jowell, why not at FHRGP? 5. Offer Vulnerable Patient follow up visits, it can be done elsewhere, why can't FHRGP offer this service? 6. Make more use of the local District Nurse service. 7. Don't be so reliant on technology that doesn't work. 8. Be more flexible, listen to patients and their concerns. 9. Improve communications and sharing of information with Specialists at Kings, Guy's, St. Thomas's (i.e. blood test results) 9. Don't leave the sample collection pot in front of the radiator adjacent to the front door so that it "cooks" the samples. 10. Add your own improvements below 11. 12. etc.

I do not know of any patients who would say they "felt privileged to have such a superb service". If you take a look at the reviews of the practice on the NHS website, they are damning and scathing. The last set of Patient Participation Group meeting published minutes are November 2019. How hard can it be to provide update minutes of meetings?? I still have no idea how the practice got rated as Good in the last CQC inspection report. They are their to provide a service for the 12,500 patients they have. Whilst maybe recently things may have improved just slightly, this practice has an awful lot of improving to do to enable its patients to be complimentary about the service they provide. Culture in an organisation is the hardest thing to change, the culture at FHRGP needs significant improvement. patients need to be put first. If they surveyed the patients I think the response would be "not currently met expectations" -3, however some appear to have a totally different opinion of the practice.

This is what CQC stated in their inspection report of the practice in January 2020. https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-544424476/inspection-summary#responsive. I have recently found some staff much more responsive, thoughtful and caring than others in the past. They seem to be more wiling to make referrals to the Tessa Jowell Centre or Kings rather than seeing patients themselves. Perhaps they do not have the necessary staff available because of the toxic nature of this practice. C - 19 has seen this practice change the way it operates, perhaps some staff are unable to adapt to the changes, or get in a flap at the slightest pressure, plus resent being on "door" duty. The issue with the Chemist opposite, has been ongoing for years, so no surprise their. Other chemists in the locality are available who provide exceptional services and go the extra mile. The odd GP at FHRGP could do with realising we are patients who have thoughts, feelings, opinions and may well research on an issue and hence ask more probing / difficult questions of them that they then appear to then resent.

The housing stock varies across ED and Forest Hill, being a combination of Victorian properties with either tile or slate roofs and 1930's style housing stock with predominately tiled roofs. 90+ years and still as good as the day they were laid. I've known of a house built in the 187 - 1890 having a slate roof, having solar panels fitted with what I understand was a water heat exchanger as well. When the house was eventually sold, one of the first things the new owners did was to have removed the solar panels/heat exchanged on the roof. So what some people invest in and hope that it contribute a little towards reducing global warming and save some money from their heating and lighting bills, others simply remove the paraphernalia.

and if you've been listening to the radio, their have been ads offering compensation schemes for solar panels which didn't give the prospected return they were supposed too. Caution, caution, caution.

Thanks for the directions.

About a week ago close to Foxtons, I was waiting near the bus stop when a family, mother and two under 10's where walking towards me. A kid on one of those electric scooters appeared from no where behind the family group and shot through the gap between the daughter on the outside of the group and pretty much where I was standing, almost taking out the daughter. He happy hopped off it and waited a few door down for a takeaway before him and his mate then took off again past Foxtons and an a 45 degree angle straight into the road. He was lucky to have not been taken out by a car or van. While I can imagine for a young teenager they are great fun, the buzz of going at speed down the middle of the road, I fear to say they are an accident just waiting to happen. No helmet, no gloves, a pair of trackie bottoms and a shirt. A vehicle would make short work of the rider.

Hope this helps you find it. I believe it was vandalised at one time and precious metal was taken from the grave stone. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30703776/frederick-john-horniman https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30703776/frederick-john-horniman#view-photo=15482310 It's a shame that the grave is not maintained by the museum as you'll see from the slide pictures in the second link. I'd have thought that the grave of someone of his stature would have been tended to.

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meant to have said the jab, it's a small prick.

You miss quoted me, it was said by someone else, but I agree with what they said.

No argument their, what would be the benefit for falsifying 100,000+ death certs? The NHS are doing the very best they can in extremely difficult circumstances. I doubt Boris, Hancock and co ever envisaged they would be dealing with a pandemic. All are politicians reliant on the scientists. The vaccine is here and 17.4M have had their first jab with second jabs happening probably in less than a month. It's not surprising that mistakes have been made, lockdowns raised too early and quickly, the Christmas fiasco. I only hope lessons have been learned and this time the lockdown is slowly released with the proviso it will be re-instated if the figures start to increase again. In four weeks we'll start to know. The only experts in this are the scientists in who we all have to put our trust in. Is that not what happened with the Spanish Flu, I wasn't born then so can't comment. Lastly, it's not just those who died prematurely because they contracted the virus, but all their families and friends who have all suffered and been affected and are grieving for their loved one's. I do feel we all may have some responsibility though for the non essential socialising that may have contributed to the high death toll?

Well said. > You think about others so much you are prepared to > pass on the virus to them by remaining > unvaccinated.

So what exactly are you trying to discuss here, is it either the number of deaths from people who have had the vaccine OR the number of deaths of those who sadly have died as a result of Covid 19? I'm guessing it's hard to tell the difference between those who have died within 28 days of testing positive and those who have died from some other cause where Covid may be a secondary reason for death, a bit similar to when someone dies and pneumonia is a secondary cause of death.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion and free speech. But calling people idiots I don't think is a cool thing to do. Yes, people have the choice to be vaccinated. Personally I'd rather take the vaccine then be on a ventilator. As I told you before once you've been on one or seen someone on one it'll change your mind, forever. The Govt's first duty is to protect its citizens, that's what they are doing, 17+M and counting day by day, have had the vaccine. I don't hear of any deaths that have resulted from having the vaccine. You'll likely tell me its a conspiracy that the media are to blame for not reporting no deaths from having the vaccine. It's estimated that by May everyone will have been offered the vaccine. As someone else has said above "It isn?t just about you though. You may catch COVID with mild symptoms or even none at all. But you would still be infectious and perhaps pass it on to others who are more vulnerable." By all means do all the research you want, but please don't put others lives at risk because you don't trust the vaccine science.

I'd rather get the jab and take the "apparent" risk rather than catch the potentially fatal virus. If you've had the misfortune to be put into an induced coma and had to be ventilated or seen someone in an induced coma or someone on a Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV)/(Nippy) which is a fully fitted and sealed face mask that pumps oxygen into you to push carbon dioxide out of your lungs, I promise you, you'd take the vaccine in a jot.

Pf - apart from a slightly sore upper arm for a day or so no other effects. It was sore because - the vaccine apparently has to be injected into the muscle. I'd say go get your jab.

Have pm'd you with an update you may well find useful. malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That makes sense. I expect we all know of people > who were in the right place at the right time and > got a jab. I tried puppy dog eyes when at TJ > Centre last week for another reason buy that > didn't work. My reasons are pretty spurious!

Whilst battery cars maybe the future, what appears to be conveniently over looked is where is the power coming from to make and charge all these batteries and the inadequacy of charging points across the UK? Issues already exist with the reliability of electric vehicles, some "dying" after a minimum of three years, and a requirement for batteries to be replaced. How will these be disposed of safely? And how will electric vehicles eventually be scrapped when some are inevitably written off? The "green agenda" is driving these changes, but all changes have impacts and consequences.