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10-Jul-25 17:25
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One more anecdote before we go. Online AI diagnosis. I've had to use 111 NHS Online a couple of times in the last few years. In both cases, I went down an online rabbit hole that ended up with the surgery phoning me to say "go to the minor injuries unit, just turn up, don't bother booking". Well, I think I could have worked that out. I try to avoid hospitals as they're full of ill people! Both times I was the only person wearing an N95 Aura mask.
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Multiple letters, not all make it into the NHS App. Surgery can't understand where we are with final prescriptions. Only sorted after getting past the receptionist on a Friday evening, sitting with the prescription team and making quite sure they understand what's happened, what the letters say and what we need. And then the pharmacy has no stock and might have it the following week. This is an MMPG update system. I reckon the NHS needs GIT.
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One fun example. Long term eye problem. - Optician refers to Surgery - Surgery refers to Moorfields - Moorfields branch office prescribes a medicine. Refers to Moorfields City - Moorfields City change the prescription and adds another - Allergic reaction. Phone everybody. They say "go to A&E eye clinic" - A&E partially change prescription back - Moorfields branch follow up, partially change prescription again.
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So where do the community hubs sit in that? Or have we already got them? Anyone who's ever needed a consultant will recognise the next problem. The first time you see the lead consultant. The follow up you see a junior. Their first comment is "now, what seems to be the problem and how long has it been going on". When some, but not all, of your history is right in front of them. As resident nerd, I've done a single A4 sheet summary for my partner. Now we just say "read this"!
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Next, these community hubs. There's a hierarchy at the moment - The Surgery I've been with for 35 years. That was consolidated with 2 others and now keeps changing - The new surgery in town with doctors, nurses, consulting rooms, vaxes, integrated pharmacy - 1 clinic that does bloods 2 streets away - 1 minor hospital with radiology 3 miles - 2 minor injuries units, 10 miles - Three BIG Hospitals with A&E 20 miles, all falling apart. - National speciality hospital 30 miles
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Again, why is it so hard to communicate offline? Like everyone else, moderately educated, I'm completely comfortable with filling in internet forms, communicating with email, whatsapp, txt. Please just let me give you written detail of what I need and report back to me in the same way. In both our own time. Don't use non-reply sources. And don't force me to sit in a phone waiting queue to talk to somebody who can't help.
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And so on. Have you tried o find your Covid Vax history in the NHS app lately? Where can I report +ve or -ve Covid tests? How many times a year do I have to fill in the same survey on blood pressure, weight, alcohol, exercise? And why do I only get 4 days to do it? And why if I miss it and go direct to my surgery, I can only fill in the online form in office hours? If I order a new batch of my (15 year ongoing) prescription and they want bloods. Why do I have order it again after the results?
09-Jul-25 12:10
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Then we've got Documents. Why aren't all letters and documents in one place? - home \| messages - home \| GP Health Record \| Documents - home \| GP Health Record \| test results - home \| GP Health Record \| consultations Again there's no notification that a new letter has appeared. If you have had a meeting with a consultant, you have to keep checking in multiple places to see what they said. And it relies on the Surgery to upload their copy, if they received it.
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When a consultant prescribes a new course, the letter has to be scanned, uploaded and read by the surgery, prescriptions approved, but nobody actually notifies you it's done. Then you have to request them. Then they get passed to your nominated pharmacy. Who doesn't necessarily notify you they're ready. But the consultant doesn't always write it out in detail, so the surgery prescription team have to interpret a para of English, that refers to a previous letter.
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Streeting says the NHS App is a key part of his 10 year plan to reform the NHS. So why is the UI of the current app such a mess? Prescriptions. Spread across multiple places. - home \| Request repeat prescriptions - home \| View and manage prescriptions - - Requested medicines - - your approved prescriptions - - request repeat prescriptions - home \| GP Health Record Medicines
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A reminder. Reform UK Party Ltd is a Long Con, owned & run by a bunch of fascist, racist grifters.
08-Jul-25 17:10
The Colours That Rise - Grey Doubt - Home Time · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
The Colours That Rise - Grey Doubt - Home Time
Lubelski - Inner Space - Sweet Escape · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Lubelski - Inner Space - Sweet Escape
Holloway - Into The 00's - Ode to Shakeys · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Holloway - Into The 00's - Ode to Shakeys
Shall Not Fade - 5 Years Of Shall Not Fade - Dart - Transformations · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Shall Not Fade - 5 Years Of Shall Not Fade - Dart - Transformations
Elsa Hewitt - Dum Spiro Spero - Breathing SpaceX · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Elsa Hewitt - Dum Spiro Spero - Breathing SpaceX
DJ Swagger - Backdoor Music - That B · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
DJ Swagger - Backdoor Music - That B
Big Miz - Short Stories - Dance MF · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Big Miz - Short Stories - Dance MF
Marc Brauner - Two of a Kind - Day Dream · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Marc Brauner - Two of a Kind - Day Dream
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - Sometimes · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - Sometimes
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - Defy Gravity · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - Defy Gravity
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#Cocktail - Pegu Club 50ml Gin, 20ml Curacao, 20ml Lime, dash Orange bitters, dash Angostura, lime wheel A Gin Margarita?
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More than 10 things people say ... https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1941399053620937120.html
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - Pulse of Memory (Frits Wentink Remix) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - Pulse of Memory (Frits Wentink Remix)
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - The Unheard · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - The Unheard
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - Pulse of Memory (feat. Viken Arman) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Session Victim - Sidequests Chapter One - Pulse of Memory (feat. Viken Arman)
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It's Sat and the appeal for a temporary hold failed. So you can't talk about that Proscribed Group. But you can talk about Stop The War, Hope Not Hate, BDS and all the other groups protesting about Israel, Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Yemen. UK, USA, Cyprus, Elbit, Brize Norton, Marham, Barnham, Lakenheath, CND,
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Cold War Steve nails it
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The BBC shipping forecast was 100 years old yesterday. Jarvis Cocker reads it https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ln4rz9 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1463303174805124 Tears For Fears - Pharaohs https://youtu.be/SxMMcgp5hOA
Tears for Fears - Saturnine Martial & Lunatic - Pharaohs · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Tears for Fears - Saturnine Martial & Lunatic - Pharaohs
07-Jul-25 17:40
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This new party. Is it Momentum or SDP?
08-Jul-25 15:40
Rudolf C - Honey Mushrooms - Indian Rope · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Rudolf C - Honey Mushrooms - Indian Rope
07-Jul-25 06:55
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#Cocktail - East 8 Hold Up: 45ml Vodka, 15ml Aperol, 15ml Lime, 15ml Pineapple, 7.5ml Double syrup, dash Passion fruit syrup, rocks When it's hot.
04-Jul-25 18:55
Rudolf C - Honey Mushrooms - Indian Rope · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Rudolf C - Honey Mushrooms - Indian Rope
08-Jul-25 15:10
Harrison BDP - Confusion of Sound - Finality · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Harrison BDP - Confusion of Sound - Finality
LT - Forest Floor - Untitled (Chesney) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
LT - Forest Floor - Untitled (Chesney)
Jesse Bru - Changing For You - Marbled Meat Entre For Two · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Jesse Bru - Changing For You - Marbled Meat Entre For Two
Soela - Genuine Silk - Unnamed And Uninvited · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Soela - Genuine Silk - Unnamed And Uninvited
04-Jul-25 18:25
Jesse Futerman - Waterzone - Vista · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Jesse Futerman - Waterzone - Vista
08-Jul-25 15:10
Jesse Futerman - Waterzone - Vista · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Jesse Futerman - Waterzone - Vista
Jun Kamoda - Who Still Dance - Oyster Sauce (Jun Kamoda Screwed Remix) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Jun Kamoda - Who Still Dance - Oyster Sauce (Jun Kamoda Screwed Remix)
07-Jul-25 09:55
Batu - False Reeds - Statin (Dub) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Batu - False Reeds - Statin (Dub)
08-Jul-25 14:40
Tour-Maubourg - Allégresse - Amicalement Vôtre (Art Of Tones remix) · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Tour-Maubourg - Allégresse - Amicalement Vôtre (Art Of Tones remix)
Felipe Gordon - Errare Humanum Est - What We Gonna Do? · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Felipe Gordon - Errare Humanum Est - What We Gonna Do?
Jacky Mingo & Kapote - Caliente Tunes - Noche · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Jacky Mingo & Kapote - Caliente Tunes - Noche
06-Jul-25 17:55
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Happy Aphelion!
08-Jul-25 14:10
DJ Steef - The Preliminary - Nocturne · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
DJ Steef - The Preliminary - Nocturne
Grant - Grant 005 - Nature Yourself · jbond's Recently Played Tracks
Grant - Grant 005 - Nature Yourself
06-Jul-25 09:40
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Ukips, coming over here. Wanting to re-invent themselves as some kind of new political party. I think the best and brightest of the Ukips should stay back in history and make that a better place. Bonus link : https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/07/03/who-is-paul-nuttall-reforms-new-vice-chairman-has-a-history-of-dodgy-claims-and-dubious-beliefs/
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Paul Nuttals of the Ukips is the new Vice-Chair of Reform UK Party Ltd. Stewart Lee has never been more on point. Comin over here. https://youtu.be/FLjhV9TJsQk?list=PLSt1Gl3uPiajrQRTbV6wKgT8wY6K7zOIy

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