johnkay

I have been reading various threads on meds, and it does appear as if pass or fail is down to how you are on the day of examination.

Do they not check with your GP for a complete history of illness etc?

I get the impression that they have a 'tick box' type questionnaire where you have to say yes or no to having ever suffered from or treated for a variety of illness.

I have a good idea of the types of things they will ask about, and would like to think we can keep our 'yes' ticks to the bare minimum.

Basically - will they know if i avoid mentioning any thing?


Guess it's time to get fit -
- Whilst waiting for all your inforamtive replies i shall hunt out my Rosemary Conley video!!! :scared:
We will still have a curry tonight - but will 'suggest' hubby does not over do it on the lager! - start as we mean to carry on!










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PeteY

No they don't check with your GP......but i would resist the urge if you feel you might not answer the questions honestly

The purpose of the meds is to determine if you would be a drain on society, using excess public funds for illnesses etc. As long as you don't have any long term illnesses, there is NOTHING to worry about, and even if you do there is still a good chance of being accepted.

markeh

Hi johnkay,

it urged me on to get rid of a few pounds after Christmas.
& It wasn't just in paying for the medicals.

Bye
Markeh

Jamesy

I wouldn't worry about the medicals unless you have some serious medical probs!! We just ticked the boxes relevant in the questionnaire and had a fairly basic medical, blood pressure, urine sample reflexes etc (no gropes thank goodness!) Money for old rope at £580 for 2 adults and a child though!!

philj6969

I thought that £510 for two adults and three children was expensive, 6 miles from East Grinstead. (Horley) This included £40 for the courier delivery.

Phil.

chris hogan

Johnkay,
Don't let it worry you mate it's a doddle you do 40 press ups 1/2 mile jog then an hour of cardio vascular workout then some body else takes the piss .

No seriously it's dead easy I was more scared of the blood test as I hate needles,the doctor told me it was his first time:scared:
Needless to say he was joking thank god .
Our G.P. is a personal friend of ours so if they had gotten in touch with her even on the quiet she would have let me know

arlene

forgive me if i am wrong but arnt your medical records confidential information and only authorized people are allowed to see them without your permission

dont think they can just phone up your local gp and say "hey has mr x got anything we should know about"

arlene

Happy hammer

Johnkay....what i will say to the meds is if you can ring around a few in your local area from the panel list of doctors that is on there web site. we had a quote of £150 per adult from one doctor and a 3 week wait, so i rang around and got it for £90 and only 5 days later, so its worth the phone call.

nicky s

Your GP cannot be given a request for information without your consent, there was a section on the form I filled out that asked for consent, you don`t have to give it though. It really does pay to be honest though. You`ll have to have to provide a urine sample and have a blood test..test for HIV.

NoodleSYD

It's all about how you "perform" on the day.
Bear in mind though that some diseases (like TB) leave scarring that can be identified even years afterwards from the X-rays. The advice given to me was that if you've had something serious in the past (of which some evidence may remain) you should declare it. As being caught lying will count against you far more seriously than a long past illness.

cuthere

My family just went for medicals and hope the experience will be helpful to you.

Hubby has hypertension and I have a heart murmur. Anyway, our agent in Singapore insisted that we both visited a cardologist before attempting medicals. His view was that by visiting your own cardologist, there is an element of control of the situation whereas if the your problem is discovered by the panel doctor and he sends you to their own specialist, you lose control...you get the drift. Thank goodness, the cardologist recommended by our family doctor was the sweetest doctor on earth and thought nothing of our problem. Went through the tests and she gave us glowing reports. Gave copies to our agent who looked at it first and then approved us proceeding with the medicals.

Hubby and I were contemplating disguising our problems but my heart murmur could be easily detected by a normal exam and my hubby's blood pressure was shooting up with the stress of trying to hide his problem. With the cardologist reports, our medicals were not so stressful.

sjn2003

Don't worry about performing on the day. Its not like doing school exams - you will breeze it.

The clinic I went to in London was full of old boys (doctors) who were having an easy life until retirement. They check things like height and weight - body mass is important. It appears OZ does not want obese people (drain on the health service). They hammered my knee for reflex reactions, checked my hearing by whispering a number from the corner of the room to see if I could hear it!!

The blood/urine tests and the x-ray seemed to be the important bits - the rest is just a check to see that you are a walking talking human being with nothing obvous wrong with you.

Good luck (you won't need it!)

kcsb17

In anticipation of us having some difficulties at the Medicals (Me -history of Skin cancer, Hubby - Diabetic) we approached our GP and asked her to do a summary of anything serious in previous 5 years. Cost us £20 and was just a print out of GP records. Doctor at the medical asked that very question - 'Anything serious in last 5 years?' which we could then truthfully answer with evidence. We then got the relevant ticks in the boxes and both passed fine. So don't worry.

K

podgypossum

Huh?..no fat people?...gawwwwd... 10,000 cans of slimfast please!!!