the maoster:
Absolutely. That’s why you should always have your car serviced at a main dealer rather than a well equipped garage with fully trained and certified mechanics who’ll do the same job for half the price.
How the bloody hell do you compare a car service with peoples health , these cheap medicals you talk of as being as good as a doctors are not , nowhere near it and i know because I’ve done one & to this day regret it , £50 at a hotel next to pennels garden centre , Lincoln , 2 mins , are you diabetic , not sure , no then , eye sight , not sure , ok , it wwas cheap but in no way could you call it a medical , all it was was a easy
Way for some bloke purporting to be a doctor to earn a easy £50 , couldn’t give a [zb] about whether I or the conveyor belt of drivers comming through the doors health was at the level required to pass a hgv medical ,or give a [zb] about our general health , doctors totally the opposite in my experience , follow up tests are done if not happy , you won’t pass until you are fit enough too ,
Mind I don’t know why I’m replying to someone who thinks the answer to a broken seat on a lorry is put a seat cover on it , god knows what state the tip ( car ) you drive is in !!
That’s the whole point of it you clown!
If you want a proper medical, go to your GP and pay 3x as much.
Much like the DCPC most drivers don’t care for it. It’s simply an annoying but necessary box-ticking exercise in order to carry on working, hence why the cheap services exist as there’s a market for them.
For anyone in the North-east, D4 medicals on Team Valley at a certain training provider (PM me for details) by an NHS GP, who will also see you at his surgery in Whitley Bay for the same price - he’s even been known to see people at his home address near Morpeth. £45 If you can get a D4 cheaper, I’d like to see it.
I’ve just paid £87 for mine - first time with this GP who specialises in medicals now she’s retired from general practice - money well spent. She did a urine test for diabetes and checked for blood traces, too. Then blood pressure, resting heart rate and then checked out the ticker with a stethoscope to make sure that was OK. Height weight, eyes and a general chat about my health. More than is required for sure but as she says this is usually the only time drivers get a health MOT. She’s uncovered hidden issues in the past like bladder cancer and prostate problems.
And she got me in in less than 24hrs - what a gal.
Also 15 mins away.
I’ve also sent my forms Special Delivery and I carry the ticket with me.
Barnetby Medicals in Brigg, Lincolnshire been specialising in LGV & PSV medicals for 15 years that I know of, I’ve had my last 3 done there, when you book it you give him permission to access your medical records with your own GP, so he’s no fly by night.
£55 including eye test and they have D4 forms and print all the answers on them and go through them vigorously with you to ensure there’s no mistakes.
Out of interest I rung my own doctors surgery and asked how much a medical was, they quoted £140 and don’t include eye test so you have to go pay an optician.
Why anybody pays the scandalous prices that are being quoted on here is beyond me.
free NHS health check