2018 Campaign

Calls are still going out. I know a guy who got the call 10mins ago!

Congrats!

I hope they put a statistic update up in the next week or so. It would be good to see how many candidates are left after the last few batches of calls.

Hi first time poster here! My medical was cancelled back in March and I’ve seen some people have been given rescheduled dates but I haven’t received one, anyone else in the same boat?

JC535 wrote: »

Hi first time poster here! My medical was cancelled back in March and I’ve seen some people have been given rescheduled dates but I haven’t received one, anyone else in the same boat?

Might be worth giving Recruitment a call on 101 just to make sure you have not been missed out, stranger things have happened.

SMS19 wrote: »

Anyone else hear of a few people who failed PCA but were under 4:30 getting a call to progress them to Medical and SMT today without having to redo the PCA due to the new standard that's coming in for 2002?

Yeah I did today, but surreal actually! Do you think they’ll progress us straight away or will we be at the end of the queue. My merit score was quite low, in the low 400s

SMS19 wrote: »

I bet you were buzzing coming off that call.

It's hard to know, I'm sure there would be a fair few people kicking off if recruitment still worked the list in ML order but I'm sure they wont care to much. By the time you get Medical and SMT over you and become appointable the Sept calls may have already gone out.

The main thing is that you're moving to the next stage.

At this point I’m trying not to get excited as passing everything doesn’t necessarily mean you get a spot and others are still waiting. My vetting should be fine as it was the last time just the medical to go!

SMS19 wrote: »

Anyone else hear of a few people who failed PCA but were under 4:30 getting a call to progress them to Medical and SMT today without having to redo the PCA due to the new standard that's coming in for 2002?

anyone know what the new standard is for 2002 with regards PCA? Is it being done away with as part of recruitment , and then will solely be done at GV before passing out?

sharon1986 wrote: »

anyone know what the new standard is for 2002 with regards PCA? Is it being done away with as part of recruitment , and then will solely be done at GV before passing out?

It’s 4.30 minutes to pass the pca but you have to pass it in 4 mins at the end of GV

sharon1986 wrote: »

So it's no longer 3 54 to pass it in?

Nope! It’ll be 4:30 going forward with the view of getting it down to 4 mins at GV was my understanding. I got the call today too! Over the moon as I didn’t apply this year and immediately regretted it.

acnipsni123 wrote: »

Anyone know the reason for the change? The current target seems passable while still being slightly challenging, 4:30 seems too lenient in my opinion, are they changing the course maybe?

I had heard a few weeks ago that the time was getting changed to 4mins not 4:30.

Unless due to covid and support sessions being cancelled they are passing anyone who was under 4:30 to get the process moving again? I doubt many people fail a second time after the support sessions.

W221 wrote: »

Did you do your PCA in August by any chance?

I was invited to an August pca but I couldn’t make it, my first was September and my retest 12 weeks later December I think

acnipsni123 wrote: »

Anyone know the reason for the change? The current target seems passable while still being slightly challenging, 4:30 seems too lenient in my opinion, are they changing the course maybe?

I had heard within work as Police Staff that Chief Con doesn't see the need for physical element to be passed as part of recruitment as its all done within GV anyway before you pass out, think it's all part of speeding up the process. Anyone able to confirm if that 4.30 or 4 mins is actually confirmed in writing anywhere? Seems lenient in my opinion too but I suppose we can't really complain about fairness - we are in a better position that the ones that had to do the push / pull a few years back too before it was pulled!

Nhs2018 wrote: »

Well unfortunately for w221 I also got the call and medical date received today for mid July. Anyone else get the call Monday and receive their medical date today?

Get you in here quick!

Shz93 wrote: »

Do you mean the call in terms of new PCA time?

Yes. I was awaiting my retest due to injury. So was kind of expecting the call to be my new date.