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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.

I used to use HHGP when I lived at closer to that end of Brixton, they were pretty good. Always easy to get appointments and the reception staff were nice. This was 8 years ago though and a LOT has changed in the NHS since then.
 
Let me know if you find one that is any better. I've only had to use them regularly this year and have found the service pretty shit, particularly from reception. Including the receptionists challenging me twice on wanting a repeat prescription for painkillers. One actually told me I was abusing them and the doctor would be picking it up with me, he'd miscounted the days since I'd had my last prescription and was 10 days out. This conversation happened in front of a packed reception area and made me feel very uncomfortable
Yes, I've had that too - the receptionists show no discretion when bellowing out your private medical details in front of the other people in the waiting room, and seem to consider themselves clinically competent. BHGP gets some pretty poor scores on that website I mentioned. And looks like you also fell foul of the growing institutional paranoia about perfectly legitimate opiod usage.
 
Are you really this out of touch?

The Coldharbour Ward (where this 'street food' restaurant' is located) is the poorest ward in the borough. It has the highest proportion of social rented households (60%, compared to 22% private rented and 16% owner occupation) and the lowest employment rate in the borough. It also has a high rate of working age benefit claimants a high rate of out of work claimants, and a high rate of claimants aged under 25. It has the highest proportion of dependent children in out-of-work households and the highest proportion of households with no adults in employment with dependent children.

And this is against a background of local foodbank use soaring. So, no, I don't think it is particularly affordable to most local residents on the estate, and I doubt if the sight of people nibbling away in there will do much to raise their spirits either.
But then every other food outlet in Brixton, and I mean every last one, will be just as impossibly out of reach to those poorest residents. You cannot just single out a particular eatery on that respect.
 
I've been with Brixton Hill Group Practice for more than 20 years, thankfully only needing to visit a handful of times. I've found the receptionists to live to down to the stereotype of GPs admin staff, and had no continuity of Doctor. Anyway, this new system seems designed to make it more difficult to get treatment and is enough to encourage me to switch. So I've been looking for a new GP at:

www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/GP/LocationSearch/4
I don't know where you are. But my GP surgery is first class. All the staff are lovely. Especially Dr Sawan Arora. Always easy to get appointments. I really can't fault it.

HHR Medical - Information about the doctors surgery opening hours, appointments, online prescriptions, health information and much more
 
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.
They are fantastic. Really lovely receptionists. As I said above Dr Sawan Arora is lovely. Can always get appointments.
 
But then every other food outlet in Brixton, and I mean every last one, will be just as impossibly out of reach to those poorest residents. You cannot just single out a particular eatery on that respect.
That's utter rubbish. There's loads of far cheaper alternatives. Do you really believe that it's impossible to get a hot plate of food for less than £9?

And if you can't fathom why an on-trend 'street food' restaurant catering to hip foodies opening up in the poorest ward in Lambeth might cause concern, then I can't help you.
 
Yes, I've had that too - the receptionists show no discretion when bellowing out your private medical details in front of the other people in the waiting room, and seem to consider themselves clinically competent. BHGP gets some pretty poor scores on that website I mentioned. And looks like you also fell foul of the growing institutional paranoia about perfectly legitimate opiod usage.

I also got really pissed off when asking for a referral for private physio while I waited for NHS physio, I had to call about 4 times, only to find on the final call that the referral had been siting on reception for 4 weeks and no-one told me. I finally got the referral to find the doctor (who had never seen me) had written that there was no lasting damage. Despite me having a piece of my spine broken off and floating round in my body
 
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...
 
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Feel free to move to an appropriate thread.
 
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...

And I wonder if they will be keeping the online booking system?
 
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...

What about routine appointments like going for a smear test that you would normally make an appointment with a nurse for?
 
Good points shakespearegirl and Winot
I've included them in my email... I'll report back if I get a response
I also just noticed that the new system started on 23 April and today is 25 April... I just got the text this afternoon!!
 
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.
HH group practice for the last 25 years. They extended out the back so the entrance is on Kestral ave. I like them, they offer lots of ways to book appts - I've never gone without an appt when in need.

Who rates their GP on google?
 
Quite a lot of people, apparently.
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.
 
That's utter rubbish. There's loads of far cheaper alternatives. Do you really believe that it's impossible to get a hot plate of food for less than £9?

And if you can't fathom why an on-trend 'street food' restaurant catering to hip foodies opening up in the poorest ward in Lambeth might cause concern, then I can't help you.
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.
 
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.
I really don't think you understand how hard it is for people living on one of the poorest estates in Lambeth, so it's pointless discussing this with you.

I live here and talk to the people on my estate and none that that I know are likely to be regularly chinking £9 cocktail glasses together and grazing on Vietnamese street food with £6 puddings.
 
I really don't think you understand how hard it is for people living on one of the poorest estates in Lambeth, so it's pointless discussing this with you.

I live here and talk people on my estate and none that I know will be regularly chinking £9 cocktail glasses together and grazing on Vietnamese street food.
Didn't this restaurant only get mentioned in the first place as it had a job going and someone was asking for such a job?
 
Animals should never be given away for free because there is a likelihood of them suffering abuse in their new home. I don’t think this ad should be posted on a bulletin board
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.
 
Didn't this restaurant only get mentioned in the first place as it had a job going and someone was asking for such a job?
Does it matter why it got mentioned? It's part of the changes going on in Brixton and it's part of the ongoing divisive gentrification of Brixton, and in this case, a particularly poor area of town.
 
Have never heard that before. Sounds very pessimistic to me. Will leave it up to editor to delete.
I'm not interested in engaging with Mr Retro as he's usually only ever motivated by pursing UrbzBeef. He's free to use the 'report post' to get the attention of other mods.
 
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?
 
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