Hi there!
I guess it's not only in U.K but in Italy it's WORSE!!
I got to get the medicals done in italian and then translated into english..
Since I got my notice that I am successful only on 30th Jan, until today I couldn't start on anything cos there was NYE and everyone is on vacation plus in Italy there is a holiday on 6th Jan so this week is totally a DREADFUL week to get anything done at all..
Regarding the cervical smear, it's too bad that u got to be more than 25 yrs old, but I read on the docs that Emirates provide us that u can choose if u want to go through this test or not...
Well, I feel abit taken aback at this type of test cos it sounds "queasy" lol!!
Let me know how ur medicals fare and good luck!
