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Does anyone good to have noticed which local restaurants / bars / pubs have air conditioning?

Any recommendations would help. Thank you!!

Has anyone had any luck being prescribed stimulants such as Methylphenidate through their local GP in Walthamstow via a shared care agreement? If so, would you mind sharing the name of your GP practice?

Conversely if there are any that definitely don’t accept shared care agreements, it would be really helpful to know that information, too.

Thanks so much in advance for any help.

Bit of background info:
The specialist NHS doctor I see for my medical condition (Narcolepsy) wants my GP to prescribe me Methylphenidate through a shared care agreement, and the GP have said no (which is their right). The specialist doctor is unwilling to prescribe directly to me.

Since December last year, I have gone down every official channel I can to find out which local GPs accept shared care agreements - which has included contacting Waltham Forest GP federation, PALs and North East London ICB.

After a six-month wait for a response from the North East London ICB, I have now been informed that they don’t hold this information and can’t recommend GPs.

The only thing I haven’t tried is cold-calling every GP in Walthamstow. I haven’t tried this yet because 1) my husband called a GP in Walthamstow with this query (for his own medical condition) when we first moved here and they said they wouldn’t be able to tell him unless he was a patient, and 2) I’m autistic and the idea of making these calls is extremely stressful to me. However, I am definitely willing to try this next. I just wanted to check if anyone could point me in the right direction first.