Deferral is not quite the end of the world...

[Hyperlithe]

It's the ARMY - they're not supposed to be medical specialists! That's what the NHS is for!

The urine test is not just a drugs test, they also check for the presence of protein, glucose or blood, which would indicate any number of internal problems such as diabetes or kidney disease.

[Zoe]

i wasnt knocking the it at all,
im amazed how much time and money they put in to all of us, after all we still are only POTENTIAL recrutes,

... i just hate waiting :multi:

[HRH]

Zoe! have you got a date yet??

[Zoe]

no not yet still waiting, i phoned friday they said to ring in about a week...

i'll get there

[Dixie66]

From what it costs to train a recruit, it doesn't cost the Army much to pay for train tickets and selection to make sure the potential recruit is up to the training both physically and mentally. From what i have seen, it takes around £24-26,000 to train and infantry soldier in the 26 weeks or so of phase 1 and 2, that cost will go up if the recruit suffers and injury in training, so it's in the best interest for them to make sure the recruit will be as durable as possible.

From the employer's point of view, it makes sense...from our point of view it's frustrating, but still it's best to know if we are healthy, even if we don't make it into the army.

[Timecop]

I attended Glencorse for selection yesterday and got defferred at medical for heart murmur, the doc said he is convinced its innocent as it was very faint but as he had heard it it had to be checked out properly, so got an appointment in manchester on wednesday for full scan and check up.

Only been defferred for 6weeks in total though so not too bad, one lad got defferred for 2 YEARS for once having a migraine!

In total i think it was 9 lads defferred yesterday.

Also if anyone does get defferred on there selection the doc informed me that the test results last for 12months so you SHOULD only have to reattend the medical to blast through everything quickly and confirm that everything is still fine and dandy.

Good luck to all those attending ADSC selection soon!

Cheers all.

[Dixie66]

Good luck buddy!

[javaoverride]

Hi guys i really want a way to get round this deferral 6 months ago i decided i needed to do some thing with my life so i changed my life so much over the last 6 months I Used to smoke weed i cut that out of my life 6 months ago then i quit smoking 4 months ago and quit drinking 3 months ago i stopped haning aroung with people who are a bad influance on me 2 months ago i started my applacation process and started to work on my fitness

but today i recived a deferral letter reason "an episode of self-harm (overdose) in July 2009" is there any thing i can do to show am fit body and mind to join the army with out waiting 3 years i feel ive done so much to get this far and just feel like ive done it all for nothing.

please any help would be more than great i really need this. ive worked so hard