Brixton news, rumours and general chat - April 2018

[Mr Retro]

Have never heard that before. Sounds very pessimistic to me but I see why you say it. Will leave it up to editor to delete.

Have a look online. It’s a very real danger but it’s up to you what you post.

 

[editor]

That bit of CHl is changing so fast i can't now remember what was there before this vietnamese restaurant (which is not fitted out yet). What was it?

It was the ghastly bookies. Most people wanted shot of that but that whole strip has now almost entirely changed its character (and demographic appeal) with two expensive hairdressers (one with a 'design is inspired by Berlin nightlife'), a pricey cocktail bar, a trendy pizza place, a groovy freelancers cafe and th awful Yard which recently buggered off. Thank fuck there's still Jimmy's Plaice (which serves excellent and affordable food to locals) and a couple of other places left.

 

[bimble]

Have a look online. It’s a very real danger but it’s up to you what you post.

How depressing. ok, deleted just in case.

 

[Mr Retro]

How depressing.

I know right?

 

[bimble]

It was the ghastly bookies. Most people wanted shot of that but that whole strip has now almost entirely changed its character (and demographic appeal) with two expensive hairdressers (one with a 'design is inspired by Berlin nightlife'), a pricey cocktail bar, a trendy pizza place, a groovy freelancers cafe and th awful Yard which recently buggered off. Thank fuck there's still Jimmy's Plaice (which serves excellent and affordable food to locals) and a couple of other places left.

That bookies was pretty grim sometimes just to walk past tbh. I'm curious how come they packed it in, was always busy.

 

[editor]

That bookies was pretty grim sometimes just to walk past tbh. I'm curious how come they packed it in, was always busy.

Drug dealers, lost souls, alcoholics and poor bastards hooked on gambling, mainly.

 

[CH1]

Wow that's shit!! Really hope my surgery don't start doing that.

This has been going on for years at the Corner Surgery in Coldharbour Lane.

As from the 23rd April 2018, Brixton Hill Group Practice will be changing the appointment system. Patients will need to book a telephone consultation to speak with a GP, who will then book a face to face appointment for you if needed. Telephone appointments will be offered on the day of request only. You should not call on a day you are unable to attend the surgery. Please speak to a receptionist, the reception manager or email: lamccg.brixtonhill@nhs.net if you have any questions. Thank you

Here's the text re the doctor appointment. Reading it, it sounds like you call and then get an appointment that same day??
What if you can't attend that day? Or what if you take the day off work and phone and then they can't see you??

I'll email to check but not holding out hope of getting a sensible reply...

The BMJ did an editorial in their magazine last year saying telephone consultations take longer and are less accurate.
So why are they all doing it?

 

[CH1]

Must say I rarely judge anything on google ratings - reviewers are few and self selecting and patients aren't necessarily on line.

Just looked Herne Hill GP up - 3.5 stars based on 17 reviews. Lots of people complaining about the appt booking system since the merger with Brixton Water lane practice. I haven't had a problem.

Hang on are we talking about the same place theres another gps on herne hill road - easily confused.

They are talking about the one known as HHR Group Practice

 

[Gramsci]

So far I'm not sure anyone other than you have seen anything that suggests this restaurant is only (or even mainly) intended for well-heeled people or nu-Brixtonites.

As to the cost of eating there, I am not sure which argument you are trying to make. The poorest people in the area simply will not have any disposable income to eat out anywhere at all, whether it costs £3, £5 or £10 to get a hot dish. So if your argument is that any eatery offering food that isn't affordable to the poorest residents in the vicinity is simply inappropriate or even an affront to them, then I'm afraid we''re going to have to do away with all restaurants in the area.

If your argument however is that the poorest people in the area may in fact be able to treat themselves to a meal out at some restaurants, but others would remain hopelessly out of their financial reach, I don't think anyone would dispute that. But affordability and value for money are personal circumstances, and nobody can possibly claim to know what restaurants will be unaffordable for others, within reason of course. You simply cannot know whether people struggling financially might see spending £10 on a main dish when dining out as too much. Some might; many others might not.

Issue of affordable cafes comes up regularly at work. £3 or £5 yes £9 no was the general agreement. £5 if it was full breakfast.

Most people including me bring in own food to work. And a lot have copied me and got thermos for coffee.

Other than that it's Tesco meal deal.

Krnnedys fish and chip shop in Goswell road do lunch time special for £6.50 which is great value.

Other than that the resentment at work is the gradual loss workingclass cafes in London.

 

[xsunnysuex]

Talking of fish & chip shops. How did Jimmy's get so bloody expensive.

 

[editor]

Issue of affordable cafes comes up regularly at work. £3 or £5 yes £9 no was the general agreement. £5 if it was full breakfast.

Most people including me bring in own food to work. And a lot have copied me and got thermos for coffee.

Other than that it's Tesco meal deal.

Krnnedys fish and chip shop in Goswell road do lunch time special for £6.50 which is great value.

Other than that the resentment at work is the gradual loss workingclass cafes in London.

Thankfully we've still got a couple of 'normal' cafes left in Brixton, although we've lost the two affordable cafes that used to be in the strip now occupied by pricey 'street food' vendors and Berlin-inspired hairdressers charging £60 for a cut. At lunchtimes, Bahn Bahn charge from £7 to £9.50 for a plate of food.

I don't think I'll be seeing many people from my estate there.

 

[Gramsci]

Thankfully we've still got a couple of 'normal' cafes left in Brixton, although we've lost the two affordable cafes that used to be in the strip now occupied by pricey 'street food' vendors and Berlin-inspired hairdressers charging £60 for a cut. At lunchtimes, Bahn Bahn charge from £7 to £9.50 for a plate of food.

I don't think I'll be seeing many people from my estate there.

Bit off Brixton but when I am around Grey's Inn I go to Andrews restaurant. Which is a cafe.

Agree with this review.

11 Great Greasy Spoons In London

Here is what I had few weeks ago. About four quid.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Issue of affordable cafes comes up regularly at work. £3 or £5 yes £9 no was the general agreement. £5 if it was full breakfast.

Most people including me bring in own food to work. And a lot have copied me and got thermos for coffee.

Other than that it's Tesco meal deal.

Krnnedys fish and chip shop in Goswell road do lunch time special for £6.50 which is great value.

Other than that the resentment at work is the gradual loss workingclass cafes in London.

My work provides free breakfast (cereals), fruit, tea, coffee, cordial and canned drinks. I just eat what's there and don't go out and spend the mental prices the local places charge for (I wprk in the sq mile)

I know I am very lucky to have these perks.

A lot of my colleagues will go out and pay up to £9 a day on lunch....

 

[Angellic]

Drinking alcohol can add up as well.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

^^^^^ what's that got to do with the price of lunch?

 

[Angellic]

More about the costs of eating, and drinking, out.

 

[Angellic]

I'm pretty sure there is a dedicated Stockwell news thread if you want to post it there as well (and can be arsed).

I couldn't see one but the subheading for this thread covers it.

'News, chat and discussion about Brixton and surrounding areas (Camberwell, Peckham, Stockwell, Tulse Hill etc)'

I'm pretty sure there is a dedicated Stockwell news thread if you want to post it there as well (and can be arsed).

There is but dedicated to Clapham and Kennington as well. I've posted it there as well. Thank you.

 

[editor]

More about the costs of eating, and drinking, out.

And never has Brixton been so stuffed full of expensive trendy cocktail bars and upmarket bars. Thank fuck there's still a few affordable, normal pubs left too

 

[editor]

Some pics from last night's excellent jam session at the 414:

In photos: Wicked Wednesday jam session in Brixton’s Club 414 on Coldharbour Lane, SW9

 

[Smudge63]

As from the 23rd April 2018, Brixton Hill Group Practice will be changing the appointment system. Patients will need to book a telephone consultation to speak with a GP, who will then book a face to face appointment for you if needed. Telephone appointments will be offered on the day of request only. You should not call on a day you are unable to attend the surgery. Please speak to a receptionist, the reception manager or email: lamccg.brixtonhill@nhs.net if you have any questions. Thank you

Here's the text re the doctor appointment. Reading it, it sounds like you call and then get an appointment that same day??
What if you can't attend that day? Or what if you take the day off work and phone and then they can't see you??

I'll email to check but not holding out hope of getting a sensible reply...

I've been ringing them for 3 days to get a telephone consultation and each time there has been no doctor available. Oh well, i'll try again tomorrow.

 

[CH1]

I've been ringing them for 3 days to get a telephone consultation and each time there has been no doctor available. Oh well, i'll try again tomorrow.

I think the GPs in Lambeth CCG are all about creating a hostile environment for patients.

Maybe next Lambeth PPG meeting they should encourage the sick and infirm to RISE UP and get the bloody GPs to do their jobs - isteasd of sitting there answering questionaires about going to GLL gyms or throwing away out of date medicines.

You have to understand that the doctors - as a class - defend their rights and pay through the CCG. If Weber were still alive to analyse these people he would compare NHS doctors to a veiled priesthood. Like the priests of the Orthodox church they occasionally emerge from the sanctuary to administer communion via a long spoon. Other than that it's a battle with the receptionist to get a phone call.

The patient is a recipient of divine grace. Any uppity behaviour and you get booted out of certain surgeries (HHR did this to someone I know) - or excommunicated as would be said in church circles.

 

[brixtonblade]

My Kid (21) is looking for local bar work. He's amiable, intelligent, looks good, has load of experience (worked at Elm Park Tavern from 16 (first doing all the behind the scenes work, line cleans, deliveries, etc, and then behind the bar) and has spent the last couple of years working for the Hilton Olympia and London Bridge doing everything from bar, restaurant, corporate hospitality and events)

If anyone knows any local venues managers or places looking for staff, please let me know, or ask me for a CV to pass along....

Sorry for hawking my kid out on here, but he needs to earn some dough and he's had enough of the hotel life...

Wetherspoons in Denmark Hill has a banner outside saying they are hiring

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Wetherspoons in Denmark Hill has a banner outside saying they are hiring

Ta

 

[editor]

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[sparkybird]

Ok so, I did hear back on the doctors appointments - but its still as clear as mud...

"Thank you for your feedback.

As from 23rd April 2018, Brixton Hill Group Practice will be changing the appointment booking system.

For a routine or an emergency appointment, patients will need to book a telephone consultation to speak to their preferred doctor. The doctor can then book a face to face appointment for you if needed or requested.

The doctor will call back within an hour of the booked time. If you miss your call, the doctor will try once again.

All patients requiring a telephone consultation should call or go online from 6.30pm the night before to book. You can still speak to a receptionist from 8.00am to book with the doctor who will then call you back and if necessary can arrange for you to be seen on the same day.

Telephone appointments will be offered on the day of request only. You should not call on a day that you are unavailable to attend. Some future appointments will still be available but can only be booked by a doctor. So initially, you will need to book a telephone consultation with the doctor.

Reception staff are unable to book any face-to-face appointments with the doctors. They can only book telephone appointments.

There has been no change to nurse bookings. You still need to call reception to book a nurses’ appointment"

 

[ricbake]

Anybody know who this belongs to?
Concerned citizens now ringing the pound to get it picked up....

 

[sparkybird]

I've been ringing them for 3 days to get a telephone consultation and each time there has been no doctor available. Oh well, i'll try again tomorrow.

Seriously?!? Why is the NHS surprised that A and E is so busy? Effectively this means that there is no doctor for residents.
I don't know about you, but even if I did get through it's going to be pretty hard to organise my day so that I have an hour free for waiting around for a doctors call and then if they decide that they need to see me, to arrange that I can get away that day to go to the surgery. What if you work in an office or telesales or a restaurant??

 

[friendofdorothy]

They are talking about the one known as HHR Group Practice

yes we are obviously talking about different GPs.

 

[sleaterkinney]

My GPs got shunted out to the Akerman Centre. It's good but a fair hike for me. Has anyone ever used the Herne Hill practice on Herne Hill Rd. Its exterior doesn't inspire confidence and it has a lowly score on Google.

It's fine.

 

[Cold Harbour]

Ta

Also the Cambria, Cambria Rd off Herne Hill Rd. No idea what they're like to work for though