NHS online tests

Prepare for the NHS online assessment with our practice tests. Timed tests, step-by-step solutions and detailed score reports.

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NHS online aptitude tests

About the NHS

The National Health Service (NHS) is an umbrella term describing a collection of separate national public health organisations in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (the service in Northern Ireland is called Health and Social Care). The NHS was originally established on 5 July 1948 as a single public organisation in the UK with the aim of providing free health care for the entire population. Since 2013, as a result of devolution and related management and funding decentralisation reforms, the single organisational structure has undergone systemic changes and has effectively been split between the respective national jurisdictions. The NHS is mainly funded by general UK tax revenues and its services are free to all Britons, EHIC holders and refugees. Citizens of other countries can also expect some free health care.

Each of the four countries in the UK has its own independent NHS system, reporting directly to the respective national executive authorities.

In total, the NHS system employs over 1.5 million people, making it the fifth largest employer in the world. The total budget in 2016 is £116.4 billion.

On average, NHS facilities see one million patients every 36 hours.

NHS practice tests

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  • Nadia Hussain, Rochdale

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    NHS SJT

    SJT pack for the NHS graduate scheme. The scenarios about colleagues and patients were in the same spirit as the real test. Got through the online stage, waiting for the assessment centre now. Thank you!

  • Kwame Asante, London

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    Preparing for the NHS graduate management scheme and this was the only prep I did. Passed the online stage first time. The verbal tests were the most useful for me as english comprehension under time pressure is not my strong point.

  • Ravi K.

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    Recommend

    Detailed feedback and suggestions.

  • Hannah D.

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    thanks

    very beneficial for students who are preparing for the nhs aptitude test, it can improve your speed and accuracy.

  • Sofia V.

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    Mimics the actual test well.

    Passed my nhs exam last week. I'd recommend this site to all. Thank you!

  • Emma S.

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    Good!

    The NHS aptitude test practice platform provided by this website is excellent. It helped me to improve my test-taking skills and I was able to score well in the actual NHS test.

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What to expect from the NHS assessment

How the company hires, which tests to expect, how they are scored and how to prepare for them.

How does the NHS hire?

The NHS hires in five stages, and the online tests are the third. Two more stages follow for the people who get through.

The tests are the one stage with nobody on the other side: a score decides who goes through. They are also the one stage you can rehearse beforehand, which is what the rest of this page is for.

What happens at each stage, the interviews and the assessment centre included, is on our page about the NHS recruitment process.

For illustration only. We are not affiliated with the NHS, and our practice tests are not its own.

Which tests does the NHS use?

Expect a numerical and a verbal reasoning test: they are the pair most large employers set. Many add a logical test, a situational judgement test or a personality questionnaire, and technical roles often bring a mechanical test.

We do not know the exact set the NHS will send you: it changes with the role you applied for, and from one intake to the next. Your invitation email names each test and its publisher, so read it before you start practising. Our six packages cover every one of these kinds, and our page about the NHS psychometric tests goes through each, the personality questionnaire included.

For illustration only. We are not affiliated with the NHS, and our practice tests are not its own.

How are NHS tests scored?

Your raw score is turned into a percentile: your place among everyone who has taken that test. A percentile of 80 means you did better than 80 in every 100 candidates in the comparison group. Employers rarely publish the percentile they cut at, and we do not know the one the NHS uses.

Because the scale is relative, a couple more right answers near the middle of the group move you a long way up it. Our report gives you a percentile after every practice test, so you can watch yours climb.

For illustration only. We are not affiliated with the NHS, and our practice tests are not its own.

How do you prepare for NHS tests?

Take as many practice tests as you can, and change the settings as you go. Start with the solutions showing, so every question you miss is explained on the spot.

Then switch the timer on, take away the option to skip, and add negative marking, so a wrong guess costs you a mark. After a few tests like that, the real NHS test is one more run of something you have already done.

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Most likely a numerical and a verbal reasoning test, the pair most large employers set. Some roles add a logical test, a situational judgement test or a personality questionnaire. We do not know the exact set at the NHS, so go by your invitation email, which names each test and its publisher.

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