Unexpected Medical Discharge - what should I look out for
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I can add nothing to the sage advise given above Whenurhappy, but would nonetheless like to add my best wishes to yourself and family in what must be a trying time.
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WUH, medium cog in large wheel to broken axle on supermarket trolley?
No need. There are plenty of organizations you could join that can use your skills, give you focus, and ease your transition. Some will be more demanding than others: Rotary, Lions, M-word, etc. Rotary has voluntary promotion a lower levels such as club and district. Then you have the opportunity for international service. In my case I managed 4 weeks resettlement in India on UK rates
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No need. There are plenty of organizations you could join that can use your skills, give you focus, and ease your transition. Some will be more demanding than others: Rotary, Lions, M-word, etc. Rotary has voluntary promotion a lower levels such as club and district. Then you have the opportunity for international service. In my case I managed 4 weeks resettlement in India on UK rates
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you clearly have skills and there is a terrible shortage of ANY skills in the UK these days - you should be able to manage a transition to consulting - and then you can tailor the work load to your medical condition
If you don't get it as part of the package its worth spending a few quid on professional advice - preferably from someone who works in your line. Make a list of outside outfits you 've worked with while in the RAF - and check them out. Start reading the trade journals for your speciality etc and get up to speed with the outside world - just knowing the current issues and jargon is half the battle.
As said Mrs Happy should do the same - she has a wealth of experinece in strange places - she doesn't want to be a "When I......" but she can retrain or start her own business
God knows - it seems that the ability to read, write, speak, and turn up on time is beyond 50% of the UK workforce so there are surely opportunities for you and Mrs H
Good luck
If you don't get it as part of the package its worth spending a few quid on professional advice - preferably from someone who works in your line. Make a list of outside outfits you 've worked with while in the RAF - and check them out. Start reading the trade journals for your speciality etc and get up to speed with the outside world - just knowing the current issues and jargon is half the battle.
As said Mrs Happy should do the same - she has a wealth of experinece in strange places - she doesn't want to be a "When I......" but she can retrain or start her own business
God knows - it seems that the ability to read, write, speak, and turn up on time is beyond 50% of the UK workforce so there are surely opportunities for you and Mrs H
Good luck
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HH said speak. We had an ex Jolly give an inspirational talk to a number of us barely worth inspiring. His fee was cool £3,000.
Mrs WUH also has that potential - packing for overseas, how I leant to love sheeps' eyes , how I never travelled without my toilet roll and a universal plug. etc etc
For you, try talking on cruise ships.
Mrs WUH also has that potential - packing for overseas, how I leant to love sheeps' eyes , how I never travelled without my toilet roll and a universal plug. etc etc
For you, try talking on cruise ships.
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On a slightly more serious note, I've encountered an interesting medico-legal point: when I was referred back to the UK by Healix, the NHS routinely sent notes to the RAF. Where else would a patient automatically has 'suggested diagnoses' sent to their employer? Patient confidentiality? How did I learn of this? I happened to see several letters in the sheaf of notes when I went for yet another ECG on Monday. The letters were addressed to me via RAF High Wycombe. The letters, of course, were unlikely to have ever reached me, but they have clearly been read at High Wycombe, hence the who medical board business.
Whenurhappy,
Best wishes with your med! I think that UK Mil has a higher calling upon your body and Soul than patient confidentiality, I'm afraid. That said, my experience has been that, you can get a positive slant on your position if you can get the highest possible medic on your side and, you fight for a continuation in the Service. You might even be able to offer a continuation in Service that takes you past an immediate pension point!? Do not be shy, if you can go to the Air Member for Personel with a positive case, you might do far better than just letting a decision be made. Do not bank on it though and, find out all the background so that if you are mistreated, you have the ammo for a redress of complaint.....which might take you past an IPP in extremis!
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Best wishes with your med! I think that UK Mil has a higher calling upon your body and Soul than patient confidentiality, I'm afraid. That said, my experience has been that, you can get a positive slant on your position if you can get the highest possible medic on your side and, you fight for a continuation in the Service. You might even be able to offer a continuation in Service that takes you past an immediate pension point!? Do not be shy, if you can go to the Air Member for Personel with a positive case, you might do far better than just letting a decision be made. Do not bank on it though and, find out all the background so that if you are mistreated, you have the ammo for a redress of complaint.....which might take you past an IPP in extremis!
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Please make sure that you contact RAFA asap. In conjunction with the RAFBF they are able to provide expert advice about all of your concerns & will also be able to provide excellent support for your family.
https://www.rafa.org.uk/
Wishing you the very best.
https://www.rafa.org.uk/
Wishing you the very best.
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I knew a couple who did a regular (long) summer stint in Normandy for a holiday company.
She took people around the Bayeux Tapestry, while he did the Invasion beaches. All found for - IIRC - about 3 months each year, and a tidy pocketful of Euros too!
She took people around the Bayeux Tapestry, while he did the Invasion beaches. All found for - IIRC - about 3 months each year, and a tidy pocketful of Euros too!
