Knightsbridge Medical Review

[tpmd 155]

Just finished my medical, so thought I'd give a breakdown of the process for anyone who's interested.

 

My appointment was at 10:30am. I stayed with a friend in wimbledon so left at 8:30am because I'm a worrier and had to take 2 trains.

The walk from Bond Street Station is fairly easy and only took 5 mins (but I did have google maps guiding me).

If you don't have a chance for breakfast or arrive 45 mins early like me and want a cup of tea/coffee, you will pass tons of places on the way but there is also a pub directly opposite Knightsbridge surgery that's open 8-11:30am for breakfast (The Coach Makers Arms).

I went in at 10:15 and handed over my paperwork. The lady was very nice, handed me a cup to pee in and more forms to fill out. I handed everything back to her and went back to the waiting room. By 10:31 I had been called in for my chest X-ray which only took 5 mins, before heading back to the waiting room.

The doctor called me in at around 11am. He was super friendly, we just went over my answers to the forms I filled in, he took some blood, checked my blood pressure, eyes and ears. Didn't take long at all, then back to the waiting room until the Nurse called me in to go over my vaccination records.

Spoke to the nurse who was also super friendly and she informed me that I will need an update on my tetanus + diptheria, plus the flu jab. I didn't have to get them done today, but decided it was probably the easiest option. It cost £52 (40 for T+Dpth, 12 for flu).

All in all, everyone was really friendly, there was a bit of waiting around, took around 80 mins total. Provided there are no problems she said the embassy will have my results in 5 days.

[vocaledge 3,340]

Lucky for you!

I had mine yesterday and the doctor was super rude - everyone else was really nice.

[Meisha&Jake 869]

Sounds like yours went very smoothly!

 

I dont have NOA2 yet but im dreading the medical due to history of anxiety, abit of depression & a stupid paracetamol overdose... going to go prepared with letters/documents but worrying that i wont be approved because of the past :/ 

[tpmd 155]

2 hours ago, vocaledge said:

Lucky for you!

I had mine yesterday and the doctor was super rude - everyone else was really nice.

Ah No! I had Dr Ho I think his name was? He was lovely! At least it's over now though

[tpmd 155]

1 hour ago, Meisha&Jake said:

Sounds like yours went very smoothly!

 

I dont have NOA2 yet but im dreading the medical due to history of anxiety, abit of depression & a stupid paracetamol overdose... going to go prepared with letters/documents but worrying that i wont be approved because of the past :/ 

It was as smooth as can be I think.

 

As long as you are armed with a letter from your Doctor saying they don't deem you a risk yo yourself or others, then from what I've heard you should be fine. It sounds like you have thought of everything though. Just give yourself plenty of time to get there and relax the morning of. Good luck!

[Meisha&Jake 869]

1 minute ago, tpmd said:

It was as smooth as can be I think.

 

As long as you are armed with a letter from your Doctor saying they don't deem you a risk yo yourself or others, then from what I've heard you should be fine. It sounds like you have thought of everything though. Just give yourself plenty of time to get there and relax the morning of. Good luck!

I hope so! I’ve been researching through the forums & getting a mixed bag.. also spoken to someone with a similar history who is now living in America... i think its the not knowing at this point! I need to take my mind off it for now

 

Thankyou  good luck at your interview!

[vocaledge 3,340]

1 hour ago, tpmd said:

Ah No! I had Dr Ho I think his name was? He was lovely! At least it's over now though

I had Dr Fong.  And yeah - all over now!

 

1 hour ago, Meisha&Jake said:

I hope so! I’ve been researching through the forums & getting a mixed bag.. also spoken to someone with a similar history who is now living in America... i think its the not knowing at this point! I need to take my mind off it for now

 

Thankyou  good luck at your interview!

I had a letter to cover my period of depression and PTSD, and literally it was a non-issue.  I was asked to just explain what had happened and to confirm that I wasn't planning to harm myself, and then we moved on.

[Meisha&Jake 869]

31 minutes ago, vocaledge said:

I had Dr Fong.  And yeah - all over now!

 

I had a letter to cover my period of depression and PTSD, and literally it was a non-issue.  I was asked to just explain what had happened and to confirm that I wasn't planning to harm myself, and then we moved on.

Thankyou!

 

Im hoping they see the paracetamol overdose was a silly decision from a traumatic situation, i can only hope!!

[Claire and daniel 1]

My medical took nearly 2 hours as they couldn't get a blood sample from me but the staff were friendly and apologetic. I had my required medical summary with me, however I was informed that this needed to be updated by my gp so I submitted it via email a couple of days later. I received an email to say that it would be reviewed and sent to the embassy within 3 working days with my medical. I rang on the 5th working day (Friday) and it had not even been looked at and was told to phone back on the Monday to follow up. I think if you are on a tight timescale to get your visa, stay on their back! When I went to the embassy for my interview, they seemed to have this problem a lot with the medicals as nobody was surprised that it had not been sent.

 

I would also advise anyone on a tight timescale to phone regularly and ask if there has been any cancellations so you can get a sooner date. I had to wait over two weeks for the next available date but read in other forums that people who had been approved around the same time as me were able to get a medical within a few days.

[CaptainAmerica 115]

33 minutes ago, Claire and daniel said:

 

I would also advise anyone on a tight timescale to phone regularly and ask if there has been any cancellations so you can get a sooner date. I had to wait over two weeks for the next available date but read in other forums that people who had been approved around the same time as me were able to get a medical within a few days.

Thanks for this bit of info, especially since it's what I'm trying to do too. I'd also seen on here that people were getting appointments reasonably quickly. Yet I called on Tuesday and was told the earliest appointment is April 19th. I called again today but it's still the same... At least it's something I can finally book, although it's disappointing to wait another three weeks when I've been prepared and ready for it for months now!

[Tpienkowski 210]

Hi everyone! I’m wondering if any of you know if it’s common for cancellations At Knightsbridge as they told me the next available date is June 12th and that just seemed really far away

[tpmd 155]

On 5/16/2018 at 12:10 PM, Tpienkowski said:

Hi everyone! I’m wondering if any of you know if it’s common for cancellations At Knightsbridge as they told me the next available date is June 12th and that just seemed really far away

I don't know how common they are, but book yourself in for the next available date and just keep calling, you might get lucky! I've read about quite a lot of people doing it, so it must be fairly common

[Tpienkowski 210]

59 minutes ago, tpmd said:

I don't know how common they are, but book yourself in for the next available date and just keep calling, you might get lucky! I've read about quite a lot of people doing it, so it must be fairly common

We booked it last week for June 12th, and his interview for the 29th. If we don’t get a medical cancellation by the 1st we’re going to stop calling & just buy his plane ticket for July 12th. Seeing as though most people get their passport back 7-8 days after the interview