PPlog

Thought it about time this ‘laugh if it wasn’t so bloody devastating’ saga got an airing here. When you make it to the grand old age of 70 years you have to renew your driving licence. I made it on 5th June. DVLA sent me the forms for renewal in March and I duly completed them and sent them in pretty much by return. As I’m disabled, there were medical forms too along with permission for them to look at my medical records if they though that necessary. No problem. Five days after my 70th birthday I got a letter from a Dr Sheppard from the DVLA Medical Panel telling me they were refusing to renew my driving licence on medical grounds - that I was: “dependent on alcohol/a persistent misuser of alcohol” I wrote straight back saying this was nonsense - I was no by means teetotal and enjoyed a drink but never during the day and certainly never when driving and although my GP and I, as I’m a medication controlled diabetic, had discussed levels...

A few days ago Norfolk PCT (now calling itself NHS Norfolk) published its Draft PPI Strategy. We’re (Service Users) so used to having to point out the negative aspects of these things that this one took me by surprise. It isn’t perfect by any means but it is a meaningful advance on what we usually get. And Norfolk PCT deserves an accolade for the strategy I sent in a knee jerk response straight away and I have copied their PDF file to ppeyes You’ll find it at: www.ppeyes.org.uk/NordftPPI.pdf This is my response: I am a service user with disabilities living in an often forgotten part of rural Norfolk (the south eastern sector with Beccles, Suffolk as its best accessible shopping centre). This is my (see my footnote statement) first response to your Draft PPI Strategy. I may make more comments in time, or join in a joint contribution. First reaction is that we seem to be getting better at getting it together on PPI and there are elements in your document several of ...