Medical Certificates

(asked on 4th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken by general practitioners to complete the medical forms required by candidates for the Territorial Army and Army Reserve; and what is the number presently outstanding.


Answered by
Lord Astor of Hever Portrait
Lord Astor of Hever
This question was answered on 18th June 2014

The average time taken by General Practitioners to complete medical forms for Army Reserve applicants is 29 days. This includes the time taken by the candidate to provide the documents to their General Practitioner as well as the time taken by General Practitioners to process the forms. This has reduced from 37 days which was the average prior to the implementation of the improved medical process for recruits in February 2014.

As at 6 June 2014, 1,315 sets of Army Reserve medical declaration documents were outstanding.

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