How much should this medical check-up cost me?

[Lord Percy]

One for the healthcare/doctor people - hopefully someone might know!

TL;DR - how much will it cost to get the attached medical exams done by a doctor?

I've just received a very short notice response from my university that I'm quite possibly being put forward for a fully paid scholarship to study Chinese in China for a year (fingers crossed).

So one thing I need to do is get a medical report done. I called my doctor yesterday and asked about it. The receptionist said the price could be up to £135 (which is absolutely insane in my opinion), depending on what checks are needed. She can't tell me the exact price until she sees the report form.

I don't really want to go ahead with it yet because my place on the scholarship isn't even guaranteed, so I'm not forking out £135 for nothing. However if it's gonna cost less than that, I'll be willing.

So, I'm gonna upload the form here and hopefully some people might know how extensive this check could be, and might be able to suggest if it's gonna cost me the full whack or just a fraction of it.

The reason I'm asking here and not just going to the doctors is because they're shut on weekends, and I've been given a ridiculously short timespan to do this. I was given the news on Friday afternoon and the deadline is Monday at 12pm...

Looks mostly like a bunch of simple tick boxes to me, but the last page has some stuff that I don't really know about.

Images attached. (two pages)

Cheers!

[Tungtvann]

That's expensive! Has to do that same sort of thing before I joined the army, cost me like £30 I think. It was a long time ago, but definitely didn't cost anywhere near £100.

[Lord Percy]

Yeah I thought it was crazy too. She did just tell me the maximum price though, assuming I were to get every check under the sun. It could actually be £30 too. I just don't know at all until I go and get it done

[Clutchy]

If you can get it cheaper, cool.


However I wouldn't want to miss out on an opportunity ( I know it's not certain) over a £130.

The situation your in is unfortunate as there is limited time but I'd just pay up and go for it.
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[swampy]

It's part 2 work, so not work that's is required to be undertaken as part of an NHS contract. Essentially you are paying for a private consultation, and the dude can charge what he likes.
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[marlc0]

I have to have a medical for work, normally get it done in-house, but I've had to get it done out-with a few times, and the cost has been in the same £120-£130 bracket, that was for a full health + drugs screen.
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[wr6133]

If you filled it out yourself I really doubt anyone at the Chinese end will actually check. If they do there's not much can't be overlooked in China for a handful of 100 元 notes

[Lord Percy]

Hmm, so looks like I'll pay the full amount, but yeah that's no big deal if it's gonna get me on this scholarship.

The deadline is so short that basically it's gonna be a race against the clock. I'll be going into uni at 8am sharp to ask if I've been accepted or not. If it's a yes, I have to call my local doctor, pray there's still a timeslot available for a Money midday check-up, then get a train from London to Reading and back all before 4pm, as that's the final deadline for getting the stuff sent off to China (although I reckon that's debatable too since 4pm here is midnight in Beijing).

Fingers crossed!

Cheers for the replies

[Ariel Badger]

You will be a private patient, they will find time.
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[woodall57]

I know this is probably too late, but my uni has a doctors in it that you are part of if you are a student. Although I think I had to sign up when I joined, could be worth asking your uni doctor if you have one? i'm sure they will do the same checks.
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[Visitor Q]

Sounds very strange that they're rushing it so much?

But yeh, the scholarships require health checks to process too. Annoying,
i've done the Chinese one before. It's 40 quid in China to do it, so 130 in the west isn't too steep.

But this charging around to get it done on Monday seems unrealistic. I'd double check that. Although they could just mean get it to China by the morning of the 1st I guess.

Meh, anyway, good luck. I look forward to teaching you naughty things. The Chinese for fuck buddy is 炮友, just incase that comes in handy
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[Lord Percy]

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[Visitor Q]

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[-Matt-]

To be honest 135 quid isn't much really if its a fairly comprehensive check, its pricey, but they usually are unfortunantely - you're basically 'buying' their time as is not a standard GP appointment. You can easily pay well into the hundreds, even near to a grand for really comprehensive or so they say health checks with entirely private clinics.

[Annabella]

[Islander]

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My Doctor charged me £70 just to sign my prefilled medical questionnaire, that's without any kind of examination.

[Annabella]

[Lord Percy]

Update!

So the cost was £80.

He even touched my balls . But at least I learned something. The 'cough' test is to test for a hernia in the lower abdomen, which is caused by the fact that the testicles and kidneys form from the same cells, so when the foetus is developing the testicles slowly move from the kidney area to outside of the body, leaving a small channel all the way down, and through this channel your intestines can sometimes come out a little bit, and by coughing it causes the intestines to temporarily push out a bit further. So the cough test checks for this.

And, good news, the uni made me a firm choice for the scholarship. So it's all being sent off and now we just need to wait for a response from the embassy (which could take ages).

It's looking very likely I'll be a resident of China for a year! How unexpected!

[Ariel Badger]

Did your winkie inflate a little when the Dr tickled your plums?
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[Lord Percy]

I survived sans inflation.

[Lord Percy]

Getting all involved in learning Chinese now

Found a cool short video showing how all the characters have quite literal meanings rooted to each symbol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=troxvPRmZm8