ARDS test medical whats involved?

[HorneyMX5]

Well I contacted my GP and they want £120. They can **** off.

[bmwguy]

Licence medicals aren't available on the nhs. That means your gp is doing it as an extra on top of his normal 60 hour week. I suspect he cba unless he is well rewarded. Can't believe people will happily spend £10k on a seasons racing but begrudge spending pocket money on a medical.

[HorneyMX5]

bmwguy said:

Licence medicals aren't available on the nhs. That means your gp is doing it as an extra on top of his normal 60 hour week. I suspect he cba unless he is well rewarded. Can't believe people will happily spend £10k on a seasons racing but begrudge spending pocket money on a medical.

VFM is key here. £120 to fill in a couple of boxes and sign a form is not good VFM when you can get it doen cheaper elsewhere.

Besides, I'm not doing a £10K season, I'm doing a one off race in November and maybe another July budget allowing split between 4 drivers (endurance races).

[eastlmark]

bmwguy said:

Licence medicals aren't available on the nhs. That means your gp is doing it as an extra on top of his normal 60 hour week. I suspect he cba unless he is well rewarded. Can't believe people will happily spend £10k on a seasons racing but begrudge spending pocket money on a medical.

Would think the cash strapped surgery would welcome the income then for easy work, especially as they have our records on hand. I would rather pay them slightly over the top then having to seek out some unknown doctor, with no personal records of mine or a national company which I have now done. £250 which is what my GP quoted is a joke though and as I said earlier, it was a "go away" price and was not even offered an appointment within 3 months. Its a similar medical for an HGV driver so the fact we are racing and apparantly have money to burn is not the issue.
Thing is, seeking out an unknown gp almost gives me a guilt complex as if I am trying to hide some terrible ailment from the MSA by not going to my usual GP.

[HorneyMX5]

Booked with gettingamedical.co.uk for £48 on a saturday which my surgery wouldn't do. So £70 cheaper and I don't have to take time off work.

[TonykartEVR]

You don't need to use your own GP, call around, the prices quoted will differ vastly...

...and you don't pay the surgery either (or I didn't) you pay the GP in cash - and it goes in their pocket!

[Graham]

bmwguy said:

Can't believe people will happily spend £10k on a seasons racing but begrudge spending pocket money on a medical.

Even when I have spent 10k on a season it certainly wasnt happily !!!!

I've no problem paying for something but there is charging for it and taking the piss

[Mr_Thyroid]

Small gains. Save £40 on medical and you can spend 10.04K on racing.