medical experience

[newgatejm 0]

Hi!

I am waiting on an LDN number so that i can book my medical in London. Has anyone been recently? What was your experience like?

I have already rustled up my immunisation records, and have the police certificate ready to go. Could/would they need anything from my GP? They are 'disorganised' at best, and i fear that Knightsbridge needing to be in touch with them would throw a real spanner in the works!

Any reports on what your experience of the medical was like would be hugely appreciated!

[newgatejm 0]

Follow up: rereading the above, i guess my question is whether Knightsbridge want access to your NHS mefical records?

I am fit as a horse, but very keen to get this thing moving!

[lost_at_sea 995]

Knightsbridge cannot access your medical records. That's why they ask you to bring your vaccination record with you.

If you've nothing else wrong with you, then you don't need anything else from your GP.

If you've had previous conditions/illnesses you think may be relevant, bring info about those (the medical questionnaire will give you an idea of what sort of things they ask about).

Edited January 25, 2014 by lost_at_sea

[Ketsuban 1,034]

If you answer yes to any of the medical questionnaire questions, you might need to bring a letter clarifying the situation.

For example, I was hospitalised in 2010 with DVT. I'm fine now, so I got my GP to write a letter stating what happened, how I was treated, and that it was a one-time thing that needs no further treatment.

If you've only ever been put under to have wisdom teeth out or had to go to A&E to get a coin out of your nose as a kid, I wouldn't worry so much about getting a letter or any of your records other than the immunisations which you already have

[newgatejm 0]

Thank you!

[Snorbs 0]

Hi!

I am waiting on an LDN number so that i can book my medical in London. Has anyone been recently? What was your experience like?

I have already rustled up my immunisation records, and have the police certificate ready to go. Could/would they need anything from my GP? They are 'disorganised' at best, and i fear that Knightsbridge needing to be in touch with them would throw a real spanner in the works!

Any reports on what your experience of the medical was like would be hugely appreciated!

My husband just had his medical, he was up to date on all of his vaccinations, but he didn't have a flu shot, which they made him have there, so I would say do that at your GP if you can because it might be cheaper? He also had to have another TB test as you need it every 10 years in the US. Now my husband is better vaccinated than I am, and I am the USC! He said the process was all very simple, and they were very friendly and helpful. Just had to pay the extra costs for the TB and flu shot, but other than that was all fine. I can see from CEAC that they received the medical results 4 working days after the medical, and they said they would contact him before that if there were any problems. No contact, so assuming everything was fine!

[bluebird74 34]

My husband just had his medical, he was up to date on all of his vaccinations, but he didn't have a flu shot, which they made him have there, so I would say do that at your GP if you can because it might be cheaper? He also had to have another TB test as you need it every 10 years in the US. Now my husband is better vaccinated than I am, and I am the USC! He said the process was all very simple, and they were very friendly and helpful. Just had to pay the extra costs for the TB and flu shot, but other than that was all fine. I can see from CEAC that they received the medical results 4 working days after the medical, and they said they would contact him before that if there were any problems. No contact, so assuming everything was fine!

Why would they make your husband get a flu shot? This is not a requirement in the U.S., and I believe it's not either in the UK. I have gotten a couple of those shots in my life, but I refrained from getting them since - it's been years. Some people get really sick from them, plus a flu shot you receive in Europe, has a different strain of flu virus and may not work against flu in the U.S. Another thing, is the TB test mandatory to take before the interview? Didn't know that. Maybe I should take my wife take one at her GP's so it doesn't cost.

[lost_at_sea 995]

I think the poster meant they got a tetanus booster (needed every 10 years) rather than a "TB test".

The medical includes a chest x-ray for the purposes of looking for suspicious legions on the lungs that may indicate TB now or in the past.

The flu shot is only required in flu season (Oct 1st - March 31st) for all over 6 months old (as per guidelines changed in 2010).

http://www.uscis.gov/news/questions-and-answers/vaccination-requirements

http://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/exams/ti/civil/updates/action-recommendations-flu-vaccine.html

Edited February 1, 2014 by lost_at_sea

[Snorbs 0]

I think the poster meant they got a tetanus booster (needed every 10 years) rather than a "TB test".

The medical includes a chest x-ray for the purposes of looking for suspicious legions on the lungs that may indicate TB now or in the past.

The flu shot is only required in flu season (Oct 1st - March 31st) for all over 6 months old (as per guidelines changed in 2010).

http://www.uscis.gov/news/questions-and-answers/vaccination-requirements

http://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/exams/ti/civil/updates/action-recommendations-flu-vaccine.html

Sorry, I did mean the tetanus booster. And the flu shot was definitely required at the medical, as lost_at_sea mentions above.

Edited February 3, 2014 by Snorbs