Keir Starmer at it again..

[Del Woppio]

and share one bar of soap*

*He didn't say that but he definitely thinks it.

 

[Tredman]

What is definitely patronising is saying that “the left” is one homogenous group that all think, act and speak in the same way.

I did say hard left originally, but removed that as I thought it would be denigrating

 

[AndyWolves]

Oh contrare the patronising was off the scale in the run up to the election from people who were just saying the above and weren't (and still arent) willing to acknowledge how awful "Labour's policing making is.

What's patronising is this belief that getting the Tories out is all that matters, fuck everything else. It's also dangerous.

i can't imagine things would be better under the tories at the moment.

A very small personal example, but i've needed to get 2 GP appointments in the last week. I was able to get both on the same day. I don't know if i should attribute this to something labour did, but i certainly wasn't able to do that under the tories.

 

[Lupo]

I needed a GP appointment urgently last Monday, couldn't get anything so had to ring 111 who sent me Urgent Care at Telford Hospital (18 miles away)

 

[Kenny]

I needed a GP appointment urgently last Monday, couldn't get anything so had to ring 111 who sent me Urgent Care at Telford Hospital (18 miles away)

Move to MD

Wife and the MiL get appointments the same day. Sometimes it is a phone call assessment but an appointment at least.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I’d still vote for this lot over the Tories every single time.

Getting the Tories out WAS what mattered, despite how disappointing Labour have been so far.

 

[Del Woppio]

From the DWP analysis

Overall, it is estimated that in 2029/30 there will be 3.2 million families – some current recipients and some future recipients - who will financially lose as a result of this package, with an average loss of £1,720 per year compared to inflation. There are also estimated to be 3.8 million families - some current recipients and some future recipients - who will financially gain from this package, with an average gain of £420 per year compared to inflation.

 

[Walshes Wolves]

4 weeks to see a doctor in many places in the south of England.

 

[Sniffer]

4 weeks to see a doctor in many places in the south of England.

I can't believe that - Maybe if its for a general appointment but if you think that you are on the way out with a mystery virus they'll tell you to visit in 4 weeks?

 

[Walshes Wolves]

I can't believe that - Maybe if its for a general appointment but if you think that you are on the way out with a mystery virus they'll tell you to visit in 4 weeks?

The problem is, waiting 4 weeks for a routine appointment, can mean something that seems routine is actually more serious and 4 weeks can make a lot of difference in those cases.

Record number of GP appointments to have four-week waits this year

Data shows the number of lengthy waits for appointments is set to be more than 17.6 million this year.

news.sky.com

 

[The Bear]

My doctors online system is generally a 2 week lead time. You have to brave the morning rush on the phone for appointments sooner or the same day.

 

[prawnking]

What is definitely patronising is saying that “the left” is one homogenous group that all think, act and speak in the same way.

I wouldn't say that's patronising, more reductive.

And we all do it to the Right as well, or Trump supporters, or Reform voters etc

 

[The Saturday Boy]

I wouldn't say that's patronising, more reductive.

And we all do it to the Right as well, or Trump supporters, or Reform voters etc

Fair enough, is your second sentence also reductive?

 

[Jack Regan]

My GP only offers on the day appointments since last year. Phoned whilst I was at work and offered an appointment in about 50 minutes time. I was in Telford (and hadn't long arrived) so unfeasible to walk straight back out again so was told to ring back the following day.

Had some trouble with my eczema getting infected earlier this month, called on the morning and got an appointment two hours later.

The online service (although touted on the phone call) never seems to work for my GP.

 

[prawnking]

Fair enough, is your second sentence also reductive?

Happy to be reductive in forum chat

 

[Derby Wolf]

Recently moved surgeries as you'd routinely call at 8am and be met with "you are caller... 58... in the queue" I've spoken before about how my other half couldn't get her repeat prescription because they simultaneously wouldn't re-prescribe without a medication review but wouldn't give her an appointment for a medication review either. It took us contacting PALS per a suggestion on here to get that addressed.

Best thing to do is ring 111 and let them force through an appointment.

When my plantar fasciitis was playing up I phoned them as couldn't get in at GP's and the operator suggested each surgery has a few appointments per day set aside for 111 referrals. My surgery rang me later that day and got an appointment for the following morning.

 

[Sniffer]

A bloke I work with cut his hand, had it stitched up at A&E and was told to book an appointment at his local drs to get the dressing changed after 3 days. He rang his local drs, got through but was told that there were no appointments. Rang the hospital to see if they could do it and they said ring 111. He did that and was given an appointment that day at his own drs who had told him an hour or so before that there were no appointments.
You can understand why patients get frustrated with the system.

 

[EpsomWolf]

Not sure if the credit goes to Starmer/Labour or not but they can have it anyway…

Have noticed some fairly significant road repairs going on locally lately. Not the usual lasts-5-minutes patches either, but professionally finished stretches on both sides often a 100 metres or more.

Driving on a nice stretch of road suddenly reminds you of how normalised weaving in and out of potholes and the jarred crashing over sunken manhole covers had become. Difficult to say what if anything can be read into that but either way, the outright neglect over many years has been shameful.

 

[sycophantia]

We're lucky, our doctors is usually a week at the most for an appointment. If you're OK seeing a nurse or their in house paramedic it's usually within 2 days. Our grandchildren at the same surgery it's usually same day.
Used to be a pita to get through on the phone but since the appointments went online last year its been easy.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]