medical
Santomotion
Passed my medical 30th September, got my start date the following day, so once you get it it's pretty quick, I needed to wait to get my CAA medical though as I had a problem with an eye test at the Nats medical.
I don't think waiting till May/June is that unusual, I know a few people that have went through the process and it seems to be the average time to wait on a course