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Mops Wrote:

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> Slightly amazed we didn?t make this list when I?m

> only just receiving letters which were sent first

> class during the first week of December...

>

> Royal Mail lists areas hit by Covid postal delays

> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55591063


I agree


But if we're not in the list then how bad are things in the areas that are on the list ?

I suppose I was thinking of a joined up community view, to present Royal mail with.

But having thought about it, Royal mail must be fully aware about which exact streets/areas are the worst affected.

I guess I was of the impression that if Royal mail know that we know it may exert a little more pressure.


Yeah we?re on Crystal Palace Rd, don?t remember a specific shelf unit (but plenty stuff goes in/out of here !!).


intexasatthe moment Wrote:

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> My impression was that outgoing mail was

> unaffected ,that the problem was with delivery

> .But Pugwash's post suggests otherwise .

>

> Kid -how would it help knowing which roads are

> affected ? And as an aside I believe you're near

> me ( I'm in Barry Rd ) as ,if I remember correctly

> ,I once picked up a nice wooden shelving unit from

> you .

East Dulwich doesn't appear to be in Royal Mail's list of places having problems with deliveries "due to Covid."


Lewisham is included.


Surely their delivery issues can't be worse than ours!


Does this mean that Royal Mail accepts that the problems at the Peckham delivery office are not solely (or mainly) due to Covid?


https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/12/royal-mail-areas-covid-deliveries-barnsley-leeds-london-post?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other



ETA: Ooops sorry I hadn't seen the posts above about this when I posted.

intexasatthe moment Wrote:

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> My impression was that outgoing mail was

> unaffected ,that the problem was with delivery

> .But Pugwash's post suggests otherwise .

>


I may be wrong, but I took Pugwash's post as meaning she had sent a card from ED to someone also in ED.


So the problem would still have been on the delivery side.

In addition to letters regarding vaccine appointments, those of us in the clinically vulnerable group have also been promised a four months supply of vitamin D, to start in January and to be delivered via post - no sign so far... through work, I?ve heard that PHE will be cross-referencing with other methods of comms to make sure everyone is contacted. Guys have started issuing electronic comms, so I hope that this is followed up elsewhere.

intexasatthe moment Wrote:

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> "I took Pugwash's post as meaning she had sent a

> card from ED to someone also in ED"

>

> doh! of course you're right Sue . My brain doesn't

> seem to work very well these days .



Nor does mine usually :))

Canteloupe Wrote:

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> If you are eligible for a vaccine, you should be

> able to go online and book one using your nhs

> number - no need to wait for the letter.



But doesn't this depend on which group you are in (eg age, and/or extremely clinically vulnerable) and when that group is starting to have the vaccine?


How do we know that? Have they gone past the over eighties now?

gumshoe Wrote:

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> In addition to letters regarding vaccine

> appointments, those of us in the clinically

> vulnerable group have also been promised a four

> months supply of vitamin D, to start in January

> and to be delivered via post - no sign so far...




I thought this would be automatic, but I discovered the other day that you have to actually order it online, giving your NHS number. I can't remember how I discovered this, but it wasn't via a letter :))


I've only just ordered mine.


No idea why, surely they have a list of the people in this group? I get other letters relating to what I should be doing re shielding etc (albeit arriving far too late to be of much use).


I'm already taking loads of supplements including Vitamin D, so I'm not too bothered, but it's one of the main things recommended to boost your immune system, and particularly important surely in a group which is shielding and therefore going out rarely if at all, so not getting Vitamin D via sunshine.

I just got a letter with a hospital appointment for the 6th Jan (it's over a week after that date) yet on Monday I got a letter cancelling the same appointment due to the covid situation ....


I do wonder how many people missed appointments or attended cancelled ones due to postal problems?

Spartacus Wrote:

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> I just got a letter with a hospital appointment

> for the 6th Jan (it's over a week after that date)

> yet on Monday I got a letter cancelling the same

> appointment due to the covid situation ....

>

> I do wonder how many people missed appointments or

> attended cancelled ones due to postal problems?


Potential big waste of NHS resources and people's time. Do the NHS not offer to email people about appointments instead of sending a letter? I've not had to book a hospital appointment (appreciate am very fortunate) for decades so I don't know. If they don't then the issue isn't just with Royal Mail...

indiepanda Wrote:

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>

>

> Potential big waste of NHS resources and people's

> time. Do the NHS not offer to email people about

> appointments instead of sending a letter? I've not

> had to book a hospital appointment (appreciate am

> very fortunate) for decades so I don't know. If

> they don't then the issue isn't just with Royal

> Mail...



I think it depends on the hospital and the department.


Some departments text, and text reminders.


Also some departments are a lot more efficient administratively than others. I've sadly seen too much of hospitals the last couple of years, and there is quite a lot of variation.

Kings won't email due to "data protection issues" yet guys and St Thomas will send a text that allows you to enter validation information on a website and when validated you can download your appointment letters.


Not sure Kings are using the best excuse as data protection can obviously not be the reason as other trusts can get around the issue !

Sue Wrote:

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> Canteloupe Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > If you are eligible for a vaccine, you should

> be

> > able to go online and book one using your nhs

> > number - no need to wait for the letter.

>

>

> But doesn't this depend on which group you are in

> (eg age, and/or extremely clinically vulnerable)

> and when that group is starting to have the

> vaccine?

>

> How do we know that? Have they gone past the over

> eighties now?


You are very right Sue - the NHS website is stating that the vaccine is being offered to people aged 80+. More people trying their luck outside of what?s currently being offered - whilst although very understandable- is only going to cause more issues. However, I?ll be keeping an eye on the criteria in case it changes and my letter doesn?t arrive!

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