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                    To open each post, kindly right click on the post and click on open in a new window/tab. Everything in the UK is online - Kindly check the official guidelines along with going through this blog. This is merely my experience and opinion. Google the details of the relevant teams and contact them directly if you are unable to find the official guidance. PRE PLAB: I am a medical student. What do I need to do to work in the NHS? https://omarsguidelines.blogspot.com/2021/09/i-am-medical-student-what-do-i-need-to.html An introduction to working in the NHS, UK. http://omarsguidelines.blogspot.com/2015/06/my-interactive-session-with-medical.html PLAB guideline for medical students http://omarsguidelines.blogspot.com/2015/05/plab-for-medical-students.html Checklist for future NHS doctors http://omarsguidelines.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/checklist-for-future-nhs-doctors.html My message to IMGs who are discouraged by other people to ...

End of PCP options

There are a few options during/when a PCP deal term is about to finish.  In my wife's case: We bought her car on a PCP deal for 24 months: https://omarsguidelines.blogspot.com/2020/10/my-wifes-experience-of-driving-test-and.html After 24 months, we paid the balloon payment and kept the car. We then used it to part exchange it for a new car for her: https://omarsguidelines.blogspot.com/2023/02/my-experience-of-buying-our-4th-car-in.html In my case: I bought a car on PCP in 2017: https://omarsguidelines.blogspot.com/2017/01/my-guideline-on-buying-reliable-car-in.html Part exchanged it in 2019 and upgraded: https://omarsguidelines.blogspot.com/2019/09/my-experience-of-buying-car-on-pcp-deal.html And I refinanced the same car in 2023.  This car was on a 4 year PCP deal, ending in October, 2023. In 2022, I received a call from Audi stating that the cars value was equivalent to the outstanding finance - so I could either return it , upgrade it to another car.  This could also b...