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The bakers has been closed for a lot longer than two years. Every time I ask in Jaspers Penkridge about when it will reopen, the answer is 'soon'. I think in Jasper's language 'soon' means 'never'.
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Business rates are collected by the Borough Council. Some of it is kept locally. Some is handed back to Central Government to redistribute as needed. So the money does stay in the public sector, although not necessarily in the local area.Who does the taxpayer pay these rates to?
Sort of "resting in different accounts", then?Business rates are collected by the Borough Council. Some of it is kept locally. Some is handed back to Central Government to redistribute as needed. So the money does stay in the public sector, although not necessarily in the local area.
Business rates are collected by the Borough Council. Some of it is kept locally. Some is handed back to Central Government to redistribute as needed. So the money does stay in the public sector, although not necessarily in the local area.
It all seems a bit crazy to me. I've never had to visit a GP for anything that really required a doctor's experience, but just the agreement that the closed-shop system requires. At times the delays have been quite bizarre and unnecessary - nine days to be told what I already knew, then a further nine days to get somebody to use the machine that was in the next room at the time that the agreement finally occurred, etc.
Imagine ringing the AA when you've got a puncture, to be told that a bloke will look at it next week, then he turns up and says "It's a puncture, I'll get somebody to fix it next week".
To be fair, I did ring the AA for somebody once and explain that they had ripped the sump plug out, along with the welded boss, unless they brought a replacement sump, it was a towing job or a transporter - they sent some bloke in an Escort van to see if it was driveable...
From my experience with Weeping Cross Doctors over the past few weeks, losing the walk in morning surgery is a disaster. How people are getting appointments I don't know. Having to tell the receptionist why you need an appointment and then they make the decision is wrong . Every time I rang last week I was told there were no appointments and to ring back the next day. I couldn't even get a telephone consultation booked with a Doctor, so Tuesday morning I will be back on the phone again.
I think more people will end up going to A & E because they can't get an appointment at the Doctor's.
Very disappointed with the service after being at this surgery since the days of Dr Raby when the surgery was on Stockton Lane.
Husband needed to make an appointment for his medication review, as it ran out on 20th May. Kept looking online ready to book as soon as the May appointments became available .....wasn't fussy who he saw , as with being under a cardiac consultant and on the medication for life, he needed that repeat prescription renewed. Only 2 appointments showed available at Weeping Cross that month, which were both after the 20th.
Thought they must have been saving more appointments available for if booking by phone, but apparently not....
Definitely very disappointed with the service provided at this surgery at the moment. At least before you could go and sit for a couple of hours in the open surgery to see a doctor or nurse, although towards the end of this arrangement they quite often informed patients that the doctors lists were full and to come back the next day. I once arrived at 8.30am to be told that through a shortage of doctors the lists were already full and I couldn't be seen. (They already had leaflets on the counter with an emergency surgery details somewhere up north end of town to ring to try to make an appointment! )
It all seems a bit crazy to me. I've never had to visit a GP for anything that really required a doctor's experience