gerritsmith

dr scorer is what a doctor should be. Dr Joanna bennet is also good if she is stil there.

Phoned last week to make an appointment. I was told that they are not making any appointments because they are changing the system and the system would start on 1st of April, so have to phone in April to make an appointment. I suggested you only need a diary and a pen and is not complicated to make a list of appointments. I insisted that I needed to see a doctor. The receptionist then asks me what my symptoms were? receptionist started to play doctor's role.

There was not a single person in the waiting room when I went to the surgery this morning to collect a prescription. Seems doctors in this surgery don't see patients any more. I checked their website to see if appointments are available. To my surprise I can't make an appointment unless i have chest pains.

Surely not from Foresr Hill Road practice.

>> At the most, eight doctors are seeing patients face to face for eight hours a day. That is just 10% of the working day. So 90% of their time is spent doing admin and other stuff?

Just look at their website for making appointments. One dr appears to be seeing patients for just two hours a day. And only upto four are on duty for two hours a day. When you phone to make an appointment to see a doctor you have previously seen s/he is never available. Eight doctors are sharing the work of a couple doctors. A scandal.

No wonder you can't get appointments to see a dr in this surgery. Looking at their website for making appointments, it appears that out of eight doctors at the surgery, only four are seeing patients for two hours a day at the most. Sometimes only two or three are on duty working just two hours a day. On average eight doctors work eight hours in total in a day, at the most. This is scandalous. Doctors are hardly there in the surgery to see patients. They get paid to work full time but on average it seems each one to be working less than an hour a day. Does Jeremy Hunt know that GPs in this surgery are getting full time wages for doing hardly any work?

last week I had phoned Nationwide to cancel my building insurance. Today, I received a letter thanking me for renewing the insurance with them and direct debit payments will start on 1st of Nov. I cannot believe this.

How much do you pay for your building Insurance? I received a renewal notice from the Nationwide with a quote of ?556 and I have been with them for several years and paying similar amounts each year. I went on the net and got it for ?210 from M&S. When I phoned the Nationwide they said they would do it for ?349.80 but would not send me the revised quote and had to renew it then over the phone to get the revised rate. Loyalty with finance companies does not pay.

I went for a swim in the new pool and I don't like people walking around the pool in their shoes. Where the women come into the pool from the changing room there are no showers, so women just get into the pool without showering. The attendant is not bothered.

don't they have human rights lawyers in Iran?

Is it true that if you drive into the congestion charge zone before 7 am and stay in the zone until 6 pm then you do not incur the charge?

Peckwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have always thought this too! Not that it is a > problem to me - I haven't set foot in it for a few > years now. Maybe it is due to its size and, can't > quite remember, but are there a good few computers > in there? Award winning library is a bad design I think. Glass walls reflect sound more than the brick walls. Lending area and reading area are in the same hall. They should be seperated. They have four floors in the building and don't know what they use other floors for? They have enough space there to seperate reading and lending sections.

Why is the award winning Peckham library so noisy?

I see palm trees and exotic shrubs have sprung up all over Southwark. Whose idea was it to plant palm trees? May we please have indigenous plants and tree which are beneficial to birds, bees and other insects and wild life. Birds and insects rely on local indigenous plans for their food and well being. Planting these exotic trees would reduce food source for the birds and could result in reduction of bird population. Local plants are cheaper and beneficial, exotic tropical plants are expensive and environmentally damaging. On Peckham High Street, outside Peckham Pulse there are six or seven huge pots with large olive trees. What is the point of them and how much did they cost? Looking forward to your reply.

Few years ago, a planning officer said this to me when we applied for conversion of a house into flats.

According to planning requirements, off street parking spaces is a requirement when more than two flats are built in one building. There is something dodgy about planning for those flats.

lenk Wrote: > I think you miss the point of them. > > In the same way that 'bobbies on the beat' do > nothing to quell crime, they just make frightened > voters feel like something is being done - so do > community officers serve to provide a visible > reassurance to people who spend their every waking > hour afraid of being a victim of crime. > > So there's little point in them being out at night > when no-one will see them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Southwark Community Wardens website: Community wardens What is our role? To reduce crime and anti-social behaviour Community warden schemes provide a highly visible, reassuring presence and can deter crime and anti-social behaviour. We also work closely with the police, reporting crime and suspicious behaviour as it happens. Our partnership with the police is crucial to the success of our schemes. Most crime and vandalism happen at night and not between 9 and 5

Ah yes, the community officers. Have you ever seen one patrolling the streets at night? I suppose, crime and antisocial behaviour don't occur at night.

Pound shop. 99p shop.

Why does an estate agent need ?42K? To be an estate agent, all you need is a photo copier and a telephone?

BNP's main message is "British jobs for British People" The three builders photographed in their pamphlet are, I believe, American models.

I went there yesterday morning and not today. Sorry for the confusion.

I was there in the morning and the machine was out of order but did not say "no Parking till 19th May" so I just parked normal and luckily did not get clamped. If I were you I would appeal.

snorky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pfft- I dont see what the fuss is about - these > people are policicians - the sums are truly > pitiful when compared to the dodgy dealings of > say the Italian government ministers - this is a > diversion - give the masses something > insignififant to chew over and it will keep them > occupied for years > > there are greater problems around than someone > maybe skimming a few grand a year When ordinary people ask for 5% pay rise, we are told by the politicians to show restraint but no restraint from politicians when claiming expenses which are not even incurred in doing their job.