{"id":1716,"date":"2015-12-07T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktheorytesttoday.com\/?p=1716"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T16:42:36","slug":"gillingham-driving-test-centre-closed-but-not-because-of-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/gillingham-driving-test-centre-closed-but-not-because-of-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillingham driving test centre closed but not because of strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gillingham driving test centre was forced to close on 24 November 2015 after Legionnaire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease was discovered in the facility\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s water.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you were turned away from Gillingham driving test centre<\/a><\/strong> last Wednesday, it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t because driving examiners were on strike. Apparently, the centre\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s water was hit by Legionnaire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

The DVSA facility, located on Courteney Road, had to cancel practical driving tests and instead carried out testing of a different kind. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s understood that the centre remained closed on 25 November and staff were redirecting driving test candidates to the nearby VOSA goods vehicle testing site in <\/span>Ambley Road.<\/span><\/p>\n

Candidates who had their driving exams cancelled as a result of the Gillingham driving test centre closure are being offered alternative dates, at no additional cost.<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Legionnaires\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 disease?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Book Theory Test Today<\/a><\/strong> says: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Legionnaires\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 disease is a serious condition that affects the lungs. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s caused by Legionella bacteria and can be fatal to anyone that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vulnerable to infection. It can be caught by breathing in <\/span>miniscule droplets of contaminated water. However, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not contagious.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

Were you at Gillingham driving test centre on November 24?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

If you were at Gillingham driving test centre that day, be aware of any flu-like symptoms you may be experiencing including a high temperature, fever and chills, a cough, muscle pains and a headache. However, at the time of writing, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s believed that no one had been infected by the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

The DVSA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s head of operations, Phil Lloyd, said: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gillingham driving test centre was closed as a precautionary measure after a routine water test led to the discovery of Legionnaires\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 disease.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Scheduled driving exams at the Gillingham driving test centre are currently taking place at the goods vehicle testing site on <\/span>Ambley Road [at <\/span>time of writing]. Any candidate unable to take their driving test<\/a><\/strong> as a result of this incident will be offered an alternative test date at no extra cost to themselves,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mr Lloyd added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The incident at Gillingham driving test centre comes at a difficult time for the DVSA. On November 19 and 20 a two-day strike by driving examiners resulted in the closure of more than 300 of its exam facilities across the UK as they protested against increased working hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

Need to book a driving exam at Gillingham driving test centre? Get in touch<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Book Theory Test Today offers an intermediary service assisting clients with booking a UK theory test, or practical test, at\u00c2\u00a0test centres<\/strong><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0across the nation. The service also supplies resources to help you prepare for your theory test \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ready to take your theory test?\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>Book your theory test online today<\/strong><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gillingham driving test centre was forced to close on 24 November 2015 after Legionnaire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease was discovered in the facility\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[111,158,117,174,597,410,79,242,116,656,655,608,149,86,126],"class_list":["post-1716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-practical-test","tag-book-theory-test-today-2","tag-book-your-theory-test","tag-book-your-theory-test-online","tag-book-your-theory-test-online-today","tag-booking-a-theory-test","tag-driving-examiners","tag-driving-test","tag-driving-test-centre","tag-dvsa","tag-gillingham","tag-gillingham-driving-test-centre","tag-prepare-for-your-theory-test","tag-take-your-theory-test","tag-theory-test","tag-uk-theory-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}