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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.

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How to use the free tests before the NHS assessment

Which test to start with, how to sit it, and what to do with your report afterwards.

Which free test should you take first for the NHS?

Start with the test your NHS invitation asks for. Publishers do not all use the same names, so look for the kind of test in the wording. Abstract reasoning can mean any of our logical, inductive or diagrammatic tests, and a mechanical comprehension test is what we call mechanical reasoning.

If the invitation has not arrived yet, begin with numerical reasoning, which most large employers set, and then try verbal. The timer starts with the first question, so open a test when you can give it the whole time limit.

How should you take a free NHS practice test?

Take it as you would take the real one: in one sitting, somewhere quiet, with the timer on and the solutions switched off. The questions are only new to you once, so the first attempt is the one that shows where you stand.

Keep an eye on the clock as you work. If a question is taking too long, pick the answer that looks most likely and move on, because a question still open when time runs out earns nothing. The solutions will be waiting in the report at the end.

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

What should you do after a free NHS test?

Go through the report before anything else. It shows your score against the test's pass mark and your percentile among other people who took the same test, and review mode opens every question with the correct answer and the reasoning behind it.

Then sort what went wrong. A wrong answer points to a method the solution can show you, and a question you did not reach points to pace. For new questions, take another test of the same kind from our packages, which hold up to 16 tests each.

Reviews of our 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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Questions about the free NHS tests

Short answers about accounts, timing, retakes and price.

The full FAQ covers payments and your account. For anything else, write to support@aptitude-tests.co.uk.

No. Employers keep their test questions private, and we are not connected with the NHS. What our free tests have in common with an online assessment is the format: the kinds of question the main test publishers use, against a similar clock, so the layout and the pace will not be new to you.

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