Hello, I have a quick question.

Basically I recently interviewed for a new role, I got accepted for the job and was told they would begin processing everything on trac quickly. Honestly, I didn’t quite expect to get the job, so I haven’t informed my current manager of anything yet. I was wondering how quickly does onboarding work, and whether it’ll send like some sort of automatic notice to my manager or something like that. I would like to tell them myself.

Thank you.

Hi everyone, just wondering why nhs trusts are being so tight with money/budgets even more so lately as if we are back in the austerity years and cut backs are being made to staff, services etc. Surely there is more money coming in through increased budgets because the government would of seen how the Conservatives decimated our healthcare( and many other) systems.

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone can share more information about sonography in the uk and if is good career to get into? And how to get into it. I will have midwifery degree in the future

I applied for HCA, they invited me for an interview which they were late for. I had to sit there for around 2 hour. They showed me how they used systm0ne and Anima. They called me next day for shadowing. Stayed there for almost 5 hours without eating anything. They just told me to shadow the receptionist and care coordinators. Responding to medicine prescriptions, calling patient for appointments, booking appointments. And I was really confused because it was all very focused desk jobs rather than the roles of HCA.

Lastly, they said that they would put me in bank care co-ordinator and I would have to come everyday for shadowing until they can trust me. Would have to come early at 7:45am and stay till 6:30pm then they would work up a contract for bank or something like that because they think I dont have the experience since I am an IMG.

Im just so confused about this all.

I’m currently on holiday and trying to access my NHS GP account, but I keep running into issues. The system doesn’t seem to recognise my password, and when I request a password reset, it fails to recognise my email address as well.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? I’m also having the same issue with NHS LSF and DVSA, so I’m wondering if it’s a wider problem or just something specific to my account.

Okay I'm pretty sure this shouldn't count as medical advice i feel its more a question of whose job is this, basically im supposed to get my auto injection migraine medication delivered every 3 months by a company called health net, i needed a new dose today and realised they haven't delivered it, I called them this morning and they say they have requested permission to dispatch the medication 3 times over the last month and they can't dispatch without permission from my prescriber, who is uhsussex they say the prescription went out and healthnet should be delivering it, so basically my dr is saying its the delivery company and the delivery company is saying its my dr, so what do i do, can 111 help with this should i go to the closest a&e, im terrified about what will happen when my last dose wears off and im met with unmedicated migraines i understand they both think its the others job but i dont care i need my medication

HELP!! Hi everyone, I’ve recently been offered a 1-year fixed-term Pharmacy Assistant position with the NHS and I’m currently going through the pre-employment checks.

My current visa has around 4 months remaining, but the recruitment team haven’t asked me about my visa expiry or sponsorship situation yet. I also haven’t received the final/unconditional offer yet as the checks are still ongoing.

I’m wondering whether I should contact the recruitment team now and make them aware of my visa situation, or whether I should wait until the pre-employment checks are completed

I don’t want to unnecessarily complicate things, but at the same time I don’t want to get to the end of the checks and then find out that my visa situation is an issue for the 1-year contract.

Has anyone been in a similar situation with an NHS Trust? Would you recommend contacting recruitment now, or waiting until they complete the checks?

I have a documented history of significant childhood trauma, I have been on medication for years, and a counsellor has stayed my symptoms are consistent with complex. My abuser pleaded guilty to abusing three of us, but received a suspended sentence. I have never been able to forgive the system, for these relatively recent events and doing very little when concerns were raised during our childhood.

In recent years I have experienced episodes which led to neurological investigations and concerns about seizures/epilepsy. However, epilepsy has not been established, EEG investigations have not provided evidence of epilepsy, and specialist neurological opinion has raised diagnostic uncertainty, including the possibility of functional/trauma-related factors.

Nobody is joining the dots between my trauma, psychological symptoms and neurological symptoms. Instead, I've spent years undergoing investigations while the underlying trauma received very little attention. I've also had concerns about inaccurate/disputed information in my medical records.

Recently I referred myself to Mental Health services, but was discharged despite explaining I had been to A&E and the police because I was scared about hunting down my perpetrator as I did several years ago.

The recent consequences have become significant, including problems with the DVLA and my ability to drive. My DVLA medical case was closed and my licence restored, but it has now been reopened and my licence revoked again.

Can I have a note added to my medical record stating I DON’T CONSENT TO AI SCRIBES OR ANY OTHER AI TOOLS to be used in conjunction with my care? Can this be legally binding?

My mother's cancer scans are consistently cancelled due to missing interpreters. We aren't informed until we arrive, which is heartbreaking. If I am noticed before, I would be able to arrange a certified interpreter. NHS has wiggle policy in using next of kin to translate. This systemic failure is delaying her critical treatment. Has anyone else faced this?

Hypothetically: If an NHS mental health trust became defensive in its documentation, with clinicians unwilling to write down anything that might obligate the trust to expensive treatment, and as a result very few 'clinical opinions' are ever recorded.

Additionally: If GDPR regulation says that a subject of data (like a medical record) can have that data be amended on factual grounds (article 16),

Does that mean: A trust that records things without including clinical opinions is handing full editorial control of the medical record to the patient (so long as the patient is consistent and willing to spend months administrating)?

That seems like a vulnerability to me.

I suppose the trust would have to decide what's more dangerous: A clinician recording a professional opinion, or a potentially difficult patient controlling the narrative entirely?

edit: To be clear, I'm not advocating this. I'm saying that if a trust isn't documenting clinical opinions, they are leaving themselves vulnerable to later difficulty. I don't think this should be possible, but I think it might be to a sufficiently carful and motivated patient if a trust is avoiding documenting things.

The easiest way to avoid this would be for clinicians to document clinical opinions in complex cases. Something that is supposed to be standard as I understand it. If we assume all trusts document things as they are supposed to, then this hypothetical doesn't even exist in the real world, does it?

It's only a problem if clinicians aren't doing their job according to the guidelines, and I'm sure that's not the case.

I am a patient and often plan consultations with my doctors ahead i.e. bring in notes as to what I want to ask the consultant and any new updates I want to let them know.

Of course a lot of the appointments tend to be very limited in duration, and I don't really want to waste both our times writing down notes during the consultation.

So I was thinking that perhaps I could voice record (if the consultant agrees) and then I would be able to refer back to it later if I forget what we discussed, and this may help with my ADHD and general memory.

Is this normal and acceptable, or against policy and doctors are less likely to agree to it?

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I was referred to OMFS at my local hospital due to my weird teeth. I had my first appointment in Dec 25. The follow-up was booked for Mar 26. Both appointments were led by residents. In the March appointment, they were supposed to decide on how to proceed. However, due to the complexity, both of the residents felt I required an appointment with a consultant. Below is the final text pulled directly from my letter:

> Given the high-risk anatomy, he requires consultant-led treatment planning. He will be rebooked into [consultant's] clinic within the next two to three weeks.

Since then, my appointment has been rescheduled three times and is now scheduled for October. The first time, a resident called me and explained the consultant was ill and that, again, I would be prioritised for a slot within the month. The other two times, there was no explanation besides 'unfortunate circumstances'.

Now, I don't particularly mind waiting 7 months for the appointment. I don't really feel like I need full blown surgery, so I'm not fussed about waiting. But how bad is our consultant shortage that they can't find me an appointment for 7 months after saying it would only take a month (or, I guess, two, allowing for the illness)? It seems that the timelines are more than doubled when a consultant is required (my initial appointment was within 4 months of referral). It is also really annoying when your appointment is cancelled and there's no reason given for it, though I'm not sure if this is due to policy.

I don’t know if this is the right place to post this and I had no idea what flair to use. I know it says no medical questions or asking for medical advice but this isn’t necessarily advice on my health, I have a question regarding an appointment I have soon.

I was referred by my GP last month to paediatrics team to get seen regarding issues with rapid heartrate and dizziness as well as sometimes fainting. I got my an email and a letter through and my appointment is March 2027.

When i was first referred, I was skeptical as it specified on the referral it was “under-16s”. I am 16, turned 16 in January. Come the time for my appointment I’m going to be 17?

My question is, will my appointment actually happen? I mean surely it should be with a different department due to my age? I just don’t want to wait for the appointment and then go there and be turned away and have it rescheduled and delay everything even more.

Hope someone can help, and sorry once again if this isn’t the right place to post this. If you know a better place to post this please lmk 🙏

I was offered a job after an interview on 15th August- it is a band 5-6 part-time NHS role and I wasn’t expecting to get any more interviews so I accepted the offer. Also, it’s a 1 year maternity cover role.

Now I have been offered 2 more interviews for different places (both are full-time which would be better). The issue is that I have already started the process of onboarding for the first one. I have not yet signed the contract, but I received an email saying I need to complete all outstanding documents as soon as possible or my application may be withdrawn. It also says I should email them to request more time if I cannot complete the actions soon.

My interviews are both this coming week, but I ideally need to have replied and completed my form for the first job by the middle of this week, according to previous emails. I might not receive the outcome of my interview for a while as the interviewing period is long for one of the jobs.

I’m not sure if I should go ahead with signing the contract for job 1 so I do have that in case my 2 interviews fall through. I didn’t see anything in it about a notice period in it though, in the case that I do start working for them then get a job elsewhere. I also don’t want to mess anyone around as I’ve expressed my interest for this role and imagine they’d need to find another candidate to replace me.

- Is it normal to start work and hand in your notice almost immediately as something better has come up?
- Should I sign the contract or email them to say I need more time? I’m not sure what reason to give for this if I do it.

I was looking through the NHS app today (had a letter about an appointment, then got curious about what else was on there) and I noticed that about 2 weeks' worth of prescription history from last year is missing.

I was prescribed an antibiotic (levofloxacin) for an eye condition, and given how much of it I was prescribed (I was told to take it every two hours, then was switched to every hour including getting up in the night to take it) I'm surprised there's no mention of it whatsoever. It was ultimately discovered that they'd misdiagnosed the condition and they switched to a different medication; that's the only explanation I can think of for why it's not in my records (maybe if they rescinded it somehow?) but it still makes no sense to me.

Is this something I should flag up with my practice? I do have the empty packaging from the antibiotics still lying around as evidence if they need it (I haven't had the opportunity to have it properly disposed of yet). I'm torn between thinking I should say something and then leaning towards "it's in the past, it's unimportant".

I’m doing some research into how the NHS England dental “quality and payment reform” that went live in April 2026 has actually played out for practices on the ground specifically the admin side of submitting claims and getting paid correctly under the new rules.

From what I’ve read, there was a rocky start some software wasn’t fully configured for the new codes, people were hitting error code 252 rejections, and some ICBs gave different local guidance on delaying certain claim types. I’m trying to understand how much of that is still an issue now, months in, or whether it’s mostly settled down.

If you’re a practice manager, dentist, or anyone who deals with NHS claims day-to-day, I’d genuinely appreciate hearing has the transition caused real problems for your practice (lost time, rejected claims, confusion about the new rules)? How are you currently handling it in-house, through your software provider, or otherwise? And is this something you’d want outside help with, or is it manageable once you’re used to it?

just trying to understand the real impact before I look into whether this is worth building something around. Appreciate any honest answers, even short ones.

Hi everyone. After an incident on Thursday night, I was taken to A&E by ambulance. After 13 agonising hours in the A&E they ruled out a life threatening condition and sent me home telling me to call my GP and get seen by them for further investigation. When asked what they think could be the issue, I was told they don't know and that's that.

The GP surgery told me to go back to the A&E. It was Friday 1pm at this point. I went back and was told the same thing: "you need to speak to your GP, this is no longer a life threatening emergency". The GP wasn't accepting phone calls by the time I got out of the A&E so I filled out an urgent appointment request on their website explicitly stating that I've been told for the second time by the A&E that I need a GP appointment. They responded with a text message, very frustratingly sending me back to A&E again.

At this point I was incredibly exhausted and in so much pain I couldn't walk so I took the pain relief I got from the A&E and fell asleep. I couldn't get out of bed all day yesterday and today and I don't know what to do. I understand that the A&E is only for genuine emergencies and I want to be seen by my GP. I'm still in so much pain and unable to get out of bed for longer than 5 minutes so I really need some help.

Is this loop normal? How do I break it? I told my GP surgery multiple times that I was at the A&E and they won't see me and they want THEM to see me. It feels like no one wants to deal with me. I'd probably just ignore it too if I could function through the pain, but I can't.

Hi, I’m an audiologist currently working in India from past 4 years after my MSc in audiology. I want to get HCPC registration to work as an audiologist UK. Not able to understand the process of registration. Can someone help? There are various agencies on Instagram nowadays who are offering to help with registration with substantial charges. I’m not sure how legit are they. Pls help.

I have cancelled several invitations to a breast cancer screening as I am severely underweight and have a flat chest. When I say flat, I mean completely flat. There is no possible way a mammogram would work for me. It would be a waste of time and money for all of us wouldn’t it?

EDIT: Thank you all for encouraging me to go. It’s hard because I have mental health issues but I will go to this appointment. You never know, your comments may save a life.

So, i have a bit of experience in data analysis or analyst in general, im looking to get into nhs(no cap, really trying apart from grad schemes, gotta apply for them as well) at the moment, concentrating on band 3 to 5 analyst roles. This is how my cv looks like and I tune it in support statement based on the role. I need recs on how to get shortlisted let alone interviews or is my cv really that bad. Do I need anything in extra? I have a bit of it support experience as well as I previously volunteered at council for digital support team where I have done basic trouble shooting, software upgrades, have an experince with customer feedback ticketing systems. If anyone in recruitment teams or anyone working with nhs in similar roles seeing this, please send help this way😭😭.

ANY SUGGESTIONS WELCOME PLEASEE!!

EDIT: I dont apply with cv there obviously its just for ur glimpse of my profile as I will be curating points from my experince to match the job description. and wording errors in my cv won't really matter cuz I'll not be using it

I was recently referred to my local Community Mental Health Services for severe depression by my GP and local sexual health clinic. During my initial assessment with a psychiatrist, we discussed my sexuality as a gay man (relevant to my depression).

I mentioned using Grindr to meet people, noting that my sexual health clinic advised that my depression is the root cause of my unsafe sexual practices, which is why I am here. The psychiatrist told me he ‘doesn't know what Grindr is.’ After I explained it was an app that shows you nearby gay men in close proximity, he asked, ‘So there is a lot of pedophiles on there?’ I was completely caught off guard, and just said, ‘No, it's just for adult gay men.’ He then kept asking, "Are you sure there is no pedophile on there?" and I had to repeat it's a completely legal app and everyone on there is at least assumed 18+.

Two days later, I still feel deeply uncomfortable. I called their reception today to request a reassessment with a different clinician. I didn't detail the conversation because I wanted to avoid making this into a full blown complaint. The receptionist told me I cannot be seen again because the assessment is one-off. I said I understand that but I do not feel OK for that man to even assess me. She still said no, saying I cannot be seen again and told me if I want to, I can contact my local PALS to make an official complaint. Is this standard procedure? I am already quite stressed and it took a lot of pushing from my GP to get me to attend this appointment in the first place. I just feel completely dismissed.