[Bubbles]

Just booked medicals for the end of Jan 05 at Pinehills in Hitchin, Herts.
If you're interested the cost was £700. Thats for 4 * £160 and 1 * £60 for an 11yr old. X-rays and blood tests inc:

[RMJ]

That quite good.

We booked medicals in Ealing, London...£196 for 2 adults and £58 for our little boy (11 months)

[Wannaway]

Hey Bubbles, you live in Stevenage, whereabouts? I was born in Stevenage (for my sins) and my dad still lives there.

We tried Pinehills but would have had to wait three weeks for an appointment (we were waiting on work visas at the time). So I tried a practice in Harley Street, expecting them to cost the earth, actually cost only GBP380 in total (2 adults and 2 kids under 5) and the results were back the same day. Unbelieveable!!

Anyone want the name etc, I can dig it out and post it if needed.

Lee & Nicky

[jthavh]

Medical Prices for anyone in the North West.

We had our medicals today in Carlisle using Dr MacFadzean.
2 adults and 2 children aged 9 and 6. We rang him last week and he arranged everything for today. X rays at the infirmary 11.30am medicals at the practice 2.00pm back home in Ulverston for 5.00pm
Total costs £390.
2 xrays £40 each
2 blood tests £20 each
2 adult medicals £80 each
2 childrens medicals £55 each
Doctor and nurse both good sense of humour , children even role played.
Highly recommended for minimum fuss.

PS make sure the radiologist signs both parts of the xray form.

[Rimbo]

Just got back from Handsworth Wood Medical Centre as recommended by Diny.
Drove from Wigan to Brum
Good friendly staff and approx 1 hour in there.
Adult £80
X-Ray (done on-iste so no messing) £35
Blood tests £15 each
P&P by courier £4.50

Should be back in two weeks depending on my doctor as he has to send some info off. :hopeso

John

[leslie]

we thought children dont have to be xrayed etc??????????

interesting on harley st - who'd have thought?

[captainxmas]

Just booked Meds in Maidenhead for £145 each - all in.

Evening appointments too which is excellent. :clap

[BGreen]

Just booked Meds in Maidenhead for £145 each - all in.

Evening appointments too which is excellent. :clap
Hey Captain,
Can you post how the Maidenhead medicals go please, because I am about to book with them... I dont mind paying £145 each if they are efficient and value-for-money.
ta,
BAz

[debnjohn]

Just booked Meds in Maidenhead for £145 each - all in.

Evening appointments too which is excellent. :clap
Hey Captain,
Can you post how the Maidenhead medicals go please, because I am about to book with them... I dont mind paying £145 each if they are efficient and value-for-money.
ta,
BAz

Mike & Nicola used Maidenhead and recommended them, see here:
http://www.emigratenz.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1419&highlight=maidenhead[/url]
We'll probably use them as well, as you say they do evening appointments (I think it's Mondays and Thursdays until 7.30pm). Adults £145, children/students £125 all in.
We're not sure when to book; do we wait until we get an ITA, or have the medicals now and gamble on an ITA arriving within 3 months ? :uhoh
John.

[Bubbles]

Hi John,
Personally, I'd wait until the ITA drops through your door. Unless you know the surgery is really busy ?

:cheers

John

[Moorf]

In hindsight I too would have waited until our ITA arrived. We did our medicals after being selected in August... they ran out end November and our ITA arrived 24 Dec...

:(

[debnjohn]

Thanks for the advice guys.
Yes, common sense tells me to wait until we have the ITA in our grubby mitts. HOWEVER, I think there is a bit of a list at the sugery for evening appointments, and the logistics of getting us all there (I have two teenage sons) together dictates that an evening would probably be best.
Also, my birthday is in April and I will be 'loosing' points at that time. I understand that application points are not 'frozen' until the date that NZIS get the ITA back and stamp it as received. Oh, what to do ? :uhoh
John.

[captainxmas]

Back from Medical and we are still alive...

Everything seemed to go well, except my BMI crept barely over regulation 35 so I have to have a Glucose tolerance test, whoops.

The Bridge Clinic is a nice place to get it done and things were well planned as you get dragged off to complete the various stages.

1. Pee, height, weight.
2. X-Ray
3. Consultation
4. Bloods

In our opinion we had a great doctor, (Richard Russell) by all means ask for an appointment with him. He has a wonderful approach, very friendly and keen to put you at ease. He also took my 'White Coat Syndrome Hypertension' into account when taking my BP and managed me well enough for it to be normal.

Now I need to get this extra test done (formality :hopeso ) and get it back to the clinic...of course it wouldn't be necesscary if they'd weighed me naked! :cheers