What you need to do before coming to the UK :

What you need to do before coming to the UK :
1. COS and maintenance ticked 
2. Come alone 1st before bringing your family 
3. Book tickets quite in advance to save good money , avoid school holiday time and weekends
4. contact HR for the arrangement of Occupational heath , accommodation ,rota and induction 
5. get to know the area you are relocation too 
6. Ask about the relation fees and policy 
7. check the post code of the hospital for the surrounding facilities including halal restaurants bakeries ,butchers ,masjids ,churches ,local community centres ,supermarkets , local shops ,Argos , curry town centre malls ,pharmacies ,Gyms ,swimming pools ,post offices crime rates  
8. check the post code of the hospital for the surrounding accommodation : on Zoopla and Rightmove ;house and flat renting and paying rates 
9. bag your luggage with all the necessary staff you need : clothes (before you find your favourites stores ),foot wear ,regular medications (before registering to a GP and get a monthly prescription card to save money if you need a monthly or regular prescription , shaver, laptop , phone , cash money until you make a bank account and being paid your salary , phone charger , power bank
10. bring your international driving licence 
11. Bring the GMC ID appointment documents 
12. Book airport taxi(compare different prices ) or check the transportation from the airport to home or ask a friend to pick you up 
13. Get you immunization records or any medical records for the occupational health and GP check in 
14. Get your children paper work to join school and their medical health records and immunization booklets or records 
15. Make sure to save emergency contacts in a small piece of paper or booklet in your travel bag of close friends and family members for  yourself and your family members so you are able to contact some one in need (if your phone was dead so you can find someone to speak to or get help ) 
16. Photocopy of the important papers and passport in case of emergencies 

What you need to do when come to the UK :
1. Get sim card with good offer ,compare between offers using uswitch application by your place postcode
2. Brp collection for yourself and your family members 
3. Contact hr as soon as possible
4. contact the head of your department ,your colleagues in the department especially from your home country 
5. Sign the contract 
6. Get your contract copy 
7. Get 5 copies of a letter addressed to whom may concern to ( with and without the salary shown on them )  you would need them for different reasons  to to apply for bank account,rent a place  ,Amazon, driving license, renew your leave with your previous employer ( as in your home country so do not give them one with your salary 😃) make sure these letter contain your full name ,dob ,passport number ,length and dates of your contact and or salary and or brp numbers 
8. Get your formal email NHS mail from the hospital IT 
9. Get your acceses to esr ,elfh ,open Athens, up to date ,bnf ,induction, Horus portfolio and all available free Educational resources 
10. Get your NHS smart card for an access to the patient`s GP records while your are doing word round 
11. Get an access to the local trust intranet for protocols and forms 
12. Get an educational and clinical supervisors 
13. Get a good comfortable place to live it yourself and your family 
14. Get a bike if it is easy for your to drive a bike and the road is quite good ,flat and has no marked geographical landmarks not so steep for example ;get cheaper one on market place 
15. Find the nearest Masjid or church if your are not Muslim it will give you a good spiritual support 
16. Find nearest halal groceries and restaurants 
17. Find nearest ASDA , ALDI , Tesco , LIDL etc 
18. Find the hospital library and get a card for it 
19. Find the hospital cafeteria 
20. Find the resources room in the hospital 
21. Apply for provisional license as soon as you get your brp and start practicing on the UK roads (the most important thing to do )
22. Don't forget to register with a police if still applies to your visa 
23. Get an online bank account and cards and use them instead of the main bank account to put some money in it to spend it for shopping and going out not to go with you main bank account for your safety 
24. Start building your credit card : there are free websites as Experian 
25. Link your rent and regular expenses to the credit card and credit score tracing websites to increase your credit score , make sure not to have any credit card overdrafts ,pay your debts regularly 
26. Get a wallet which can protect the credit cards from being scanned and stolen (RFD)
27. Get accounts for Amazon, Ebay, uber eats ,spear head, just eat,delivero ,uber and etc 
28. Register to a local gym and go 😃 
29. If you interested in football or cricket , golf , take your friends or colleagues and go 
30. If you prefer to go to restaurants or local coffee shops ;make sure to meet friends one weekly 
31. Walk for  1 hour a day or you will gain wait or depression !
32. Call your family every day 
33. Get a locker at the hospital and your scrubs from them
34. Make a topcash back account to save some money it is free 
35. Make a blue light card , it is 6 £ and have a a good offers 
36. Do not forget Christmas and black Friday offers 
37. Learn how to use compare websites extensively (go compare ,money supermarket ,uswitch ,confused )
38. Apply for relocation fees 
39. Check the local policy to claim travel mileages of you have to travel for work or do home visits 
40. Search for a car (search on auto trader )or local garages 
41. Check the cheaper fuel prices : down petrol prices 
42. Check the local car accessory shops as Halfords and euro car parts 
43. Apply for tax refund every year for your job related expenses  if you were not been paid for them(so you keep a list for the expenses to claim at the end : GMC ,Royal collage ,MDU ,MDDUS ,courses ,travel ,accommodation and eating while having the course , working from home etc 
44. Claim days in lieu for working in bank holiday in locum holidays or if you had to working in your off days 
45. Register with the locum bank to do some locums in the free time 
46. Register with hot UK deals website for offers and use it wisely 😃
47. Report your next for Kin`s name  to your GP and your employer 
48. Make sure to save emergency contacts 999 /111 for your self and your family members 
49. Make sure to save emergency contacts of close friends and family members for  yourself and your family members so you are able to contact some one in need 
50. Please know your local health and wellbeing hub and attend them if you  need to 
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