Medical in London!

 OK, last week we went for our medical in London. Thought I would post about it so it might help others.

We had everything we needed (document wise) with us which we handed in at reception:

Called for blood test (to detect syphilis apparently), weighed, height measured and blood pressure taken.

Called to another room for chest x-ray (to detect TB)

Called to the doctor. She discussed our medical histories with us. Then, looked in our eyes, mouth and ears.

She listened to our chests, front and back.

She felt our stomachs

She felt my breasts and when my husband went in she checked his 'bits' and asked him to cough

We were both asked to go back to the waiting room.

Then we were taken to another room for our inoculation checks. I needed a tetanus one and my husband needed one for tetanus and pneumonia (because he is 65)

Then we were told that we both needed a fax from our GP to tell them about various medical issues we had but they did make clear that this would in no way prevent us from emigrating.

We were also told that if there was a problem we would be contacted by Monday which was 4 days away and if we wanted we could ring them.

The really painful bit of course was the payment!!

So on Monday we rang to see if the doc could fax stuff through today but of course they can't because it's not NHS!!  Good grief!