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• Pigeon commented on Announcement: 2nd edition Laundry Files RPG is coming
  "I would be extremely surprised if your GP doesn't have a website." Yes, they do. But they have removed from it all the facilities it used to have for "doing things" on the grounds that "everyone" can, and now must, do them using a mobile phone instead. In the same way, they have removed the facility to book appointments by talking on an ordinary phone. The website even used to have a facility to look up your records on it, although that was the first thing to go. David L is exactly right, anyway; the point is there should not...
• Pigeon commented on Announcement: 2nd edition Laundry Files RPG is coming
  I got mixed up; it's not appointment booking that is no longer possible, it's ordering repeat prescriptions. The basic point still applies though....
• Mike Collins commented on Announcement: 2nd edition Laundry Files RPG is coming
  A few local GP websites I checked all have a the same services as my local one on the homepage. This is the appointments menu. https://www.hinghamsurgery.co.uk/sp_footfall_rooms/consulting-room/ There is also a calendar showing when individual GPs are available if you want to see a particular GP. The NHS app and the NHS website are a big improvement to the service I get....
• Mike Collins commented on Announcement: 2nd edition Laundry Files RPG is coming
  GP link failed but you can select home to see the menu. Your local GP commissioning group should be informed if such a basic service as appointments is not available on the website....
• Heteromeles commented on Announcement: 2nd edition Laundry Files RPG is coming
  Congress could pass a simple law or two saying AI isn't people and can't be considered such* Can't have that. Why, they might then pass another law limiting the personhood of corporations! I know you're having fun, but there's a serious point here, so I'll whip out my Dr. Buzzkill hat. Sorry! We do want corporations to be legal persons, so that we can do things like make contracts with them and hold them liable. It gets really messy otherwise. However, we do want to make it impossible for corporations to become citizens, and to use that to help...