306 Medical Centre v DMC

[sarahguha]

Hi, I am moving to East Dulwich and I am currently 34 weeks pregnant. I am therefore looking for the best doctors surgery to refer to. Can anyone provide reviews of 306 Medical Centre versus Dulwich Medical Centre for me for antenatal and child care thereafter? Thank you!

[Waffo]

I was at DMC and moved to 306 when I was getting fed up of not being able to get an appointment. My midwife was based at 306 which was a plus. 306 are brilliant at making appointments for little ones. They?ve often squeezed us in on the same day. The nurse is lovely for immunisations too

[sarahguha]

Thanks, appointment booking is definitely good to know about. Was your midwife one from Kings out of interest?

[JohnL]

Anybody else try out https://app.patientaccess.com/login

I booked an appointment on it to Melbourne Grove but need to confirm my details before allowed to book more.

[Waffo]

She was, yes. The ivy green team

[Specklemum]

I can?t comment on 306 but have been with DMC a few years now. I don?t know if we have just been lucky so far, but since they have brought in the telephone triage system (you wait for a GP to call back and triage you), we?ve always been seen on the same day, when needed. It used to be a nightmare to get an appt.

For antenatal stuff, I self referred to Kings, as the Midwife appointments via DMC were very limited. I see a couple of Ivy Green midwives at Townley Rd which is really convenient for me.

Edited to add we?re with Crystal Palace Rd.

[Sonners]

I moved from Melbourne Grove to 306 when pregnant with my second. I always found 306 to be much better!

[Pootle]

Waffo Wrote:

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> I was at DMC and moved to 306 when I was getting

> fed up of not being able to get an appointment. My

> midwife was based at 306 which was a plus. 306 are

> brilliant at making appointments for little ones.

> They?ve often squeezed us in on the same day. The

> nurse is lovely for immunisations too

My experience the same as Waffo's: 306 much better than DMC, especially with small children.

Telephone triage at DMC CPR just means the receptionist decides who can see the GP. I got fed up with calling at 8am for an emergency appt (in some cases after discharge from hospital on Drs advice) and being told to travel to the walk-in centre in New Cross, wait for Seldoc to open at 6.30pm or go to A&E because there were no appts or call backs available.

Moved to 306 when pregnant with baby 2 and saw the Ivy Green team there.

[seh]

I too moved from DMC to 306 a couple of years ago. They have been really good ever since.

[sarahguha]

Thank you all, think I will go with 306 then. Appreciate your help.

[1921]

I can not comment on 306, I have stuck with DMC but always wonder why?

I fail to understand the point of the new triage system, you either need to see a Dr or you don't and it just delays being seen. I ended up taking the hallucinating child to A & E which I hate doing but each time I called they said the Dr would call me back.

[maxxi]

After a miserable spell at Melbourne Grove I moved (via Dr Sarma at Dulwich Hospital Surgery until that closed down) to 306 - Good staff all round (Dr Mujic is a favourite of my partner and self). They often run more than a little late but you never feel rushed (these things are possibly linked!).

[Specklemum]

I do wonder, reading threads like this, if the reason I?ve been finding it easier to get appointments at DMC of late is because so many people got fed up and left! (Rather than due to any changes the management made).