looking for good GP in east dulwich

[kindaha]

we've just moved to ED quite near to the police station and i am wondering if anyone can recommend a good GP in the area - especially one good with children. many thanks

[ratty]

Dulwich Medical Centre - Crystal Palace Road. Near and good imo!

[siousxiesue]

Do a search on here for GPs, there's been loadsa threads

[HonaloochieB]

DMC - finest kind.

[Strawbs]

Cant advise you on the child side of things but I have recently changed from the GP on crystal palace road to the Gardens.. The people at the gardens have been fab so far!

[LUVED]

I can second the Gardens doctor's surgery. All nurses and doctors great.

[Sue]

Dulwich Medical Centre, Crystal Palace Road.

[MungoJerrysBeard77]

the one on Melbourne Grove is best avoided. The reception staff treat you like crap

[katie1997]

Dulwich Medical Centre on Crystal Palace Road gets an endorsement from me, was apprehensive about changing GP when I moved to ED last year. Happy to say I'm very impressed with the equally good GP and service here.

Have never had any trouble in making appointments and the centre staff have been helpful and efficient in my experience. Good luck.

[kindaha]

thank you all for advice - it's great to have an idea of what you think about the various places. we came from clapham where we had some great and some awful gps - it makes such a difference to know who to go with.

[Mrs_P]

Definitely the Gardens Surgery! They have always accommodated urgent appointments for my daughter even if I have sounded like a paranoid mum! Baby clinic is on Thursdays and the health visitors are fab, especially Penny. Give them a try.:-)

[Loz]

MungoJerrysBeard77 Wrote:

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> the one on Melbourne Grove is best avoided. The

> reception staff treat you like crap

And if you get past them, the doctors (with one very notable exception) are completely disinterested.

[Champers]

I personally don't rate DMC as I have had a number of issues with them but from what I hear they are better than others around here. Good Luck in finding one :)

[HonaloochieB]

Loz Wrote:

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> MungoJerrysBeard77 Wrote:

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> > the one on Melbourne Grove is best avoided. The

> > reception staff treat you like crap

>

> And if you get past them, the doctors (with one

> very notable exception) are completely

> disinterested.

Personally I find impartiality a sterling quality in a medic.

[Cassius]

Melbourne Grove has improved albeit from a very low standard...............

[Dastur82]

Dulwich Medical Centre have been brilliant since I moved here eight months ago, recommended

[The Minkey]

There's another DMC in Chadwick Road - I wouldn't particularly recommend them.

[gary]

melborne grove medical centre dr johnson great with kids aswell

[KalamityKel]

If you can ever get an appointment with him... In all my years that I was a patient I never met my doctor (Dr Johnson).

Not a practitse I'd recommend, but this discussion has come up time and time again so I wont bother to continue.

I'm quite happy at the Suregery in Dulwich Hospital :)

[cate]

Quite sure Dr. Johnson works for the surgery at Dulwich hospital now as well as 2 days a week at Melbourne Grove.

[KalamityKel]

:-S Would that be why he's never there I wonder?

no seriously where did you hear/see that?

[cate]

He was working there last year certainly. He had quite a lot of time off earlier this year though. He is on leave now until mid November from Melbourne Grove. Why don't you just ask the surgery at Dulwich Hospital. Melbourne Grove now has 3 other doctors, two men and 1 woman.

[cn150]

Melbourne Grove also has four nurse practitoners and two practice nurses. Most of the practices round here are now run by independent providers on behalf of the NHS.

[Pearson]

A GP recommendation in ED is meaningless if you have no experience of another!

It would be helpful to the OP and others if this could be stated in in your post.

I use crystal palace. They're ok. I have never had an appointment on time. They do seem

helpful though but the GPs seem to vary (for me) a lot and the advice given by some GP's to be questionable.

(occasionally)

I have no other experience of any other local GP

[Alex K]

DMC, Crystal Palace Road / Chadwick Road: A corporation with GPs on hire; the owners of the corporation, in my opinion (that of a hospital-based physician as well as of a care-seeker), are out to squeeze the penny till the Queen screams. The care provided may be unexceptionable. The approach to provision of care... well, "odious" may be a bit over-the-top, but not by much.

Forum members interested in directing their custom, their purchases of goods and services, to providers who are small, locally based, and personal might want to consider looking into caregivers other than DMC.

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