Medical assessment wait time

[Tiz]

I successfully passed my train driver assessments the other week at Manchester and received an email from Northern saying i will be contacted by mail and email for an appointment for a medical.

I will be leaving my current job in Sept (have no choice retirement), how long do you normally wait for an appointment for the medicals?

 

[Efini92]

Normally it’s quite quick, but with covid19 the medical centres have been closed.
They are reopen now but there’s a back log, so it’s just a case of when they can fit you in. I’d imagine in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Tiz]

Normally it’s quite quick, but with covid19 the medical centres have been closed.
They are reopen now but there’s a back log, so it’s just a case of when they can fit you in. I’d imagine in the next couple of weeks.

cheers!

 

[KJ83]

Do TOCs usually make you book an appointment and go get it done or do they boom you in etc..

 

[Railroader22]

I’ve been waiting since New Year’s Eve to do my medical. Still no sign of one coming

 

[Efini92]

Do TOCs usually make you book an appointment and go get it done or do they boom you in etc..

They book you in

 

[KJ83]

They book you in

Local to Ur depot do u think or near their head office?

 

[Efini92]

Local to Ur depot do u think or near their head office?

My last few were done by HR, prior to that we had a dtm assistant that dealt with them just for the depot

 

[Coach Carter]

Depends where they can get you booked in. Back when I did mine I had to go to central London for it even though the TOC and my depot are based in the Midlands

 

[GPR]

First Northern medical was centre of Manchester and my most recent Northern medical was in Salford

letter through the post. Time and date. Received my letter a week after psych test but this was prior to the coronavirus.