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PSNI Recruitment - Stage 4 - The Medical

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    #2852
    Zulu Yankee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Zulu Yankee


    Apologies for text speak :o


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    #2853
    minerdees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭minerdees


    Got letter today. Failed due to a decade old injury. Will be appealing straight away. Does anyone know the timescale from when they receive your appeal information


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    #2854
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,790 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    Timescales depend on you and what evidence you can produce to persuade them you are fit for service. You will need to spend money on specialist reports for an appeal. You usually get around a month to either lodge your appeal or give them notice that you intend to appeal. Feel free to PM me if you wish to discuss this privately.
    minerdees wrote: »
    Got letter today. Failed due to a decade old injury. Will be appealing straight away. Does anyone know the timescale from when they receive your appeal information


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    #2855
    rookie_boarder
    Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭rookie_boarder


    minerdees wrote: »
    Got letter today. Failed due to a decade old injury. Will be appealing straight away. Does anyone know the timescale from when they receive your appeal information

    check the info that came out with your med forms, there is a section on appeals, time scale is listed in there, not at home so can't check for you,but ten days springs to mind, don't know wether that is your appeal lodged and dealt with,get on the ball though,everyday will be precious i'd say


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    #2856
    fefe5
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭fefe5


    Can anyone PM me an email address for OHW please? I have the phone number but not the email...


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    #2857
    dan117
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭dan117


    Would anyone have any advice or information on the medical and smoking? Can it have an adverse affect on the outcome? I have my medical next week and need to know if i should cut down drastically on cigarettes a.s.a.p


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    #2858
    minerdees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭minerdees


    dan117 wrote: »
    Would anyone have any advice or information on the medical and smoking? Can it have an adverse affect on the outcome? I have my medical next week and need to know if i should cut down drastically on cigarettes a.s.a.p

    The only thing it could compromise would be your lung function test, but if you have told them your a smoker and have been accurate with how much you should be ok. There are different levels for non smokers light smokers and heavy smokers etc. Cutting down is a good thing anyway but probably won't make much of a difference in a week.

    As far as my own appeal goes guys, I went to my GP today and found out that the condition OHW failed me for is not a condition I have. It's quite complicated but it seems that there are 2 conditions that afffect this area of the body I have one (which is not at all serious) andfrom the evidence given at the time OHW seem to think I have the more serious one. Hoping a letter from my GP should sort the confusion out:)


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    #2859
    lushguy57
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭lushguy57


    So are medicals still going ahead? I passed ist and ac, recieved the standard letters from deloitte yet no word on vetting or medicals.

    Is it safe to say I won't be getting a medical or start vetting until the freeze is lifted??

    Thanks


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    #2860
    zzz101z
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭zzz101z


    Hey people, I had my med this week. Not sure how I've done but fingers crossed. On a bit of a down note, one of the guys there was from c14... only doing his med now..


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    #2861
    ant08
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭ant08


    hey guys sorry im new to this,

    maybe a silly question but ive just stumbled across this site, is c16 the 2010 recruitment, i done my medical back in august passed and all so dont know where im at the moment ??


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    #2862
    B182
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭B182


    ant08 wrote: »
    hey guys sorry im new to this,

    maybe a silly question but ive just stumbled across this site, is c16 the 2010 recruitment, i done my medical back in august passed and all so dont know where im at the moment ??

    yes this is c16 , if your vetting has cleared then basically means your just waiting on your phone call to start but with the freeze and whatever your merit placing would depend on when your call will be but great news if vetting has cleared as your done and in the pool to be selected


    zzz101z- dont wanna freak ya out pm'ed ya there we might have talked to same person only reason vetting was going on for so long was he is a full time reserve


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    #2863
    ant08
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭ant08


    hey thanks b182 appreciate, atl least now i know were i know were i stand sort of..

    im assuming since i have my medical and passed that my vetting has cleared also?? is there many people in the same boat as me??


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    #2864
    zzz101z
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭zzz101z


    B182 wrote: »
    yes this is c16 , if your vetting has cleared then basically means your just waiting on your phone call to start but with the freeze and whatever your merit placing would depend on when your call will be but great news if vetting has cleared as your done and in the pool to be selected


    zzz101z- dont wanna freak ya out pm'ed ya there we might have talked to same person only reason vetting was going on for so long was he is a full time reserve

    Yeah same guy. Still hopeful then?


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    #2865
    B182
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭B182


    ant08 wrote: »
    hey thanks b182 appreciate, atl least now i know were i know were i stand sort of..

    im assuming since i have my medical and passed that my vetting has cleared also?? is there many people in the same boat as me??


    no vetting is separate from medical and can vary some people had theirs cleared in 3 months other people are waiting over 12months

    you need to email vetting department to find the status or i think you can ring external appointments and ask.

    Yes there is a few people on here who have completed both vetting and medical and basically waiting for a date to be announced and the freeze has slowed everything down


    zzz101z- yea my worries of being a higher bmi was followed by a low intake diet and alot of working out to drop over stone to get me there :)


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    #2866
    ant08
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭ant08


    thanks again, dont suppose you would know were i would get the telephone no.??

    glad i came across this place, its really helpful.


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    #2867
    B182
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭B182


    ant08 wrote: »
    thanks again, dont suppose you would know were i would get the telephone no.??

    glad i came across this place, its really helpful.

    honestly im not sure if they can tell you i just read on here that they did tell something but that might of slipped out who knows i have pm'ed you the email for them thou that i know works


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    #2868
    anay75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭anay75


    B182 wrote: »
    zzz101z- dont wanna freak ya out pm'ed ya there we might have talked to same person only reason vetting was going on for so long was he is a full time reserve

    Why would vetting take so long for a full time reserve? I thought if anything it would have went through quicker because he would have to have some kind of vetting in place for the reserves? No?:confused:


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    #2869
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,790 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    anay75 wrote: »
    Why would vetting take so long for a full time reserve? I thought if anything it would have went through quicker because he would have to have some kind of vetting in place for the reserves? No?:confused:
    No. Everyone gets vetted the same way.


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    #2870
    heffomike54
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭heffomike54


    Hi folks, quick question about the PCA Test. Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but I can find very little mention of this test, when do applicants have to take this test. is it during the medical? Thanks


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    #2871
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,790 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    You don't officially do it until the end of the training in week 19. You get to do it in week 2 to see how fit you are, and again a few times throughout the course. If you fail it in week 2 you are given a training program to follow to help you prepare for it next time. It's not a requirement to pass it to be offered a place in Garnerville. Unusual - yes, but that's just how it is.
    heffomike54 wrote: »
    Hi folks, quick question about the PCA Test. Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but I can find very little mention of this test, when do applicants have to take this test. is it during the medical? Thanks


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    #2872
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    WooHooo ! Finally got my medical papers - thought they would never come.


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    #2873
    Gee-22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭Gee-22


    delancey42 wrote: »
    WooHooo ! Finally got my medical papers - thought they would never come.

    Lucky aul you.

    Cograts.


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    #2874
    thebakerboy
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭thebakerboy


    Congrats, one step closer.

    Good luck, where you near the end of the AC's?


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    #2875
    B182
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭B182


    Glad my medical is over now and my crash diet and rough work outs seen me below 30 :) so hope I have done enough to pass my medical

    Also the ftr that I mention said vetting took longer as they check and investigate every report/complaint he's had against him :s


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    #2876
    rookie_boarder
    Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭rookie_boarder


    delancey42 wrote: »
    WooHooo ! Finally got my medical papers - thought they would never come.

    what i tell ya...!!!!


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    #2877
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    thebakerboy wrote: »
    Congrats, one step closer.

    Good luck, where you near the end of the AC's?

    Not really , AC's went on for another 4-6 weeks after I did mine .


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    #2878
    newboarder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭newboarder


    Hey guy's,

    I passed the AC and have a middle of the road merit placing plus i have sent my vetting forms off so im hoping i get a medical date!

    What does the eyesight test consist of?
    I need to wear my glasses for driving and im starting to freak myself out that my eyesight will let me down if or when im called for a medical.

    Any info is greatly appreciated :)


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    #2879
    heffomike54
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭heffomike54


    What's the dress code for the medical folks? Shirt and tie or casual clothes?:o


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    #2880
    Mal85
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭Mal85


    what ever your comfortable in, some do t-shirt n trakkie bottoms, i wore jeans and t shirt, at this stage of the game how you look doesn't matter as much

    good luck!!


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    #2881
    pma1983
    Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭pma1983


    delancey42 wrote: »
    WooHooo ! Finally got my medical papers - thought they would never come.

    Happy days buddy! Here's hoping you pass your medical then we can get a nice call next month!! :pac:


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