Congratulations!

I would strike the Hornsey Rise practice off your list of possibles.

You can't go to the Hanley Road practice if you live in Haringey though.

and we were pretty happy with the ante-natal care there.

the whittington midwives are very nice.

I'm at the 157 medical practice, with Dr Nubi - I quite like him. He's always very friendly and seems to get things done for me. No experience with their ante-natal care though...
I did once have to see Dr Cookey, and I didn't like him one bit.

Many Congratulations

Apparently there is an internal National Health scoring system on GP Practices which is used to try and drag up the poor ones to better standards but is not published.

A local Doctor friend recently told me that Clinic in Hanley Rd came out okay on the list, 157 SGR didn’t. I think there is a practice in the Broadway in Crouch End that is also okay and scores well.

We have had children not that long ago and have used the Practice on the corner of SGR and Hanley opposite the Dairy which is okay and have had excellent service. The main Doctor is German (speaks great English) and is called Frank. Plays nice classical music in his room !

We had a few issues with our first son , febrile fits etc and have nothing but praise for the NHS around our way in the way it was dealt with. An ambulance turned up in 4 minutes after the 999 call with a crash team sorting him out etc. The after care at the Whittington was really really good. Only slight issue was the ambulance didn’t know the way to the Whittington so we had to give them directions !

@ Andy - must be something in the water!

@ Lottie - congratulations! How exciting! Not sure about GPs, mine's crap, but I can't praise the team at the Whittington enough - our second pregnancy was hugely complicated and the consultants and their teams, throughout ante, post natal care and neonatal intensive care were tremendous. The midwives are a bit of a lottery, but I think that's the case everywhere, and there are some true gems at the Whittington.

I can also recommend the Hanley Road practice - they have a number of doctors, good nurse and the nicest GPs receptionist I've ever met. Mine is Dr Laurino, who introduced himself as 'Michael' the first time I met him and I nearly fell over. He actually listens to you - a rare quality amongst London GPs.

http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/GP.aspx?pid=5F763EEE-1BB2-4571-B008-5D429FCB2C6E

Thanks for the info as I need to register too since moving into the area.

i switched! receptionists were amazing, bodes well for the doctors i think. thanks greenies.

Let's nip that in the bid right now.

The correct form of address is "upstanding denizens of North London".

SGenies?

I like stroudents! Greeners?

Yup!

I'm only a student for another week now (going to miss that 5% off at amazon) so I obviously need a new tag that makes me feel I belong to summat!

Hey, i thought we established that I don't listen to TFTM?

Ah, was just going to start a new thread on this topic! I've decided that whilst I dislike TFTM it is nothing compared to my hatred for the Manic Street Preachers (although not quite on a par with my loathing of Marti ********Pellow!)

This got me pondering. There are some crackers in here...

Gender Routs
Gender Roust
Gender Tours
Genders Rout
Genders Tour
Rogered Tuns
Rogered Nuts
Rogered Stun
Gestured Nor
Endorser Tug
Endorser Gut
Render Gouts
Render Gusto
Renders Gout
Denser Grout
Sender Grout
Erode Strung
Erode Grunts
Resorted Gun
Resorted Gnu
Restored Gun
Restored Gnu
Redoes Grunt
Erodes Grunt
Grounder Set
Reground Set
Undergo Erst
Undergo Rest
Tonged Surer
Tongued Errs
Gerunds Rote
Gerunds Tore
Grunted Rose
Grunted Ores
Grunted Roes
Grunted Sore
Gerund Rotes
Gerund Store
Nudges Retro
Nudge Retros
Nudge Resort
Nudge Sorter
Nudge Roster
Doge Returns
Doge Turners
Gored Tuners
Gored Unrest
Drugstore En
Drogues Tern
Drogues Rent
Groused Tern
Groused Rent
Gourdes Tern
Gourdes Rent
Rouged Stern
Rouged Rents
Rouged Terns
Gourde Stern
Gourde Rents
Gourde Terns
Drogue Stern
Drogue Rents
Drogue Terns
Doges Turner
Doges Return
Surged Tenor
Surged Toner
Trudge Snore
Trudge Senor
Urged Tenors
Urged Toners
Rounder Gets
Snorted Urge
Rodents Urge
Roundest Erg
Tonsured Erg
Unsorted Erg
Rodent Urges
Rodent Surge
Trends Rogue
Trends Rouge
Nursed Ergot
Sunder Ergot
Trend Rouges
Trend Rogues
Trend Grouse
Turned Gorse
Turned Ogres
Turned Goers
Turned Gores
Under Ergots
Nuder Ergots
Nudest Roger
Tend Grouser
Dent Grouser
Tuned Rogers
Ode Restrung
Doe Restrung
Ordures Gent
Retrod Genus
Ordure Gents
Dourer Gents
Doers Urgent
Red Sturgeon
Rudest Goner
Rusted Goner
Duster Goner
Trued Goners
Due Stronger
Dong Ureters
Grounds Tree
Ground Reset
Ground Steer
Ground Terse
Ground Ester
Ground Trees
Dongs Ureter
Dung Restore
Gourds Enter
Gourd Tenser
Gourd Enters
Gourd Resent
Rounds Greet
Rounds Egret
Untrod Serge
Rotund Serge
Round Greets
Round Egrets
Sound Regret
Undo Regrets
Do Resurgent
Dour Regents

I like the oddness of Senor Trudge.

And sadly Senor Trudge is singular.

Could David be Señor Trudge?

I think I know a couple of people who may fight over Rodent Urges.

Tosscat: Would the two fighting over Rodent Urges be the owners of Woody's?

@ tosscat - it wouldn't be yours truly would it?

I've just looked back at this discussion - I had no idea that a question on doctors could start such a huge debate on naming us that live in Stroud Green... I like Stoudents by the way...