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'Choose' and Book
Having a therapeutic rant in a survey about NHS 'Choose' and Book.
"Did you know you have a choice of hospitals to be referred to?" Yes/No/Don't Know
Well there's only one hospital that is currently offering appropriate clinics in all of London, so that's not really a choice.
Did I have to query or follow up my appt? No appts were available when ( Read more... ) -
Culture
Going out and doing stuff doesnt happen unless I plan it, so in that vein last week I booked ( Read more... ) -
Xbox, Playstation, consoles, accessories etc
I want to get Quatlet a games console for Christmas - though I've often thought I'd get a family one once he was old enough, so plan to use it too! Second hand is fine ( Read more... ) -
The good news
Skipping over all politics and bad news from around the world, cos it's all been said elsewhere more articulately anyway ( Read more... ) -
Failure of capitalism
Wanted new phone for a while, and now mine is dying so it's urgent ( Read more... ) -
Gmail/Google problems
I have my own domain (mysurname.org) and its worked fine for nearly 10 years, but over the last year, I've found if I send email to Gmail addresses, they get rejected as bein spam - even when I'm replying to someone who has emailed me first! The internet advice isn't helpful. It seems to usually work if I send via WiFi but not from my mobile on the ( Read more... ) -
Moon!
One feature of winter is walking home in the dark (near-dark today), and talking about the moon and stars ( Read more... ) -
10 years
10 years and two days ago, I was working just off Whitehall, so obviously followed my new boss and most of the division out into Trafalgar Square for the big reveal of "who will get the 2012 Olympics?" Unlike many people I thought the Olympics would be rather cool and more importantly be the only way to get funding for necessary infrastructure such ( Read more... ) -
Polling
I thought the Tories would do better than predicted, and that online polls in particular would have understated their support ( Read more... ) -
Deaf awareness week
Apparently 4-10 May is Deaf Awareness Week. While my work will be slightly distracted with an election, they've expressed willingness to do more diversity awareness via the main website, which everyone will be looking at this week ( Read more... )