PRIVATE FEES
 

The NHS provides free health care for most people.

It is important to understand that GPs are self employed and not all of the services we provide are covered by the NHS payments to the practice.

Please expect a fee for non NHS services. The staff or your doctor should inform of any charges before carrying out non NHS work.

We also offer private medicals which may be needed by any agency such as your employer or for overseas visa applications. Please contact the Practice for further details. 

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FEES FOR PRIVATE (NON NHS) SERVICES

Inclusive of VAT at 20%

Simple forms and certificates – no examination

Passport Form/Photograph                                                        £30

Collect deposit with form – pass to Secretary.

Private Sick Note                                                                      £35

Collect deposit with request – pass to GP

Fit to attend School Cert                                                          £35

Collect deposit with certificate – pass to secretary

Private Health Insurance Claim Form                                        £104

Collect deposit with request – Pass to secretary

School Deposits Insurance Claim Form                                     £104

Collect deposit with request – Pass to secretary

Sickness or Accident Insurance Benefit                                     £104

Collect deposit with request – Pass to secretary

Shotgun Licence                                                                       £60

Collect deposit with request – Pass to secretary

Seat Belt Exemption Certificate                                                £50

Collect deposit with request – Pass to secretary

Fitness for Health Club Certificate                                            £30

Collect deposit with request – Pass to secretary

Fitness to Travel                                                                       £50

Collect deposit with request – Pass to secretary

 

Written Reports – without examination (For registered patients only. £30 surcharge for non-patients)

Elderly driver fitness certificate                                                £140

Collect deposit with request – Pass to secretary

LGV/PCV or Taxi Driver report                                               £140

Collect deposit with request – Pass to secretary

Racing Driver Fitness Certificate                                              £140

Collect deposit with request – Pass to secretary

 

 

Written Reports with Medical Examination with Nurse/GP (For registered patients only, £30 surcharge for non-patients)

LGV/PCV or Taxi Driver Report                                              £140

Take deposit when booking appointment. Deposit to secretary. Patient to bring report when attending for appointment.

Sports Medical                                                                        £140

Take deposit when booking appointment. Deposit to secretary. Patient to bring report when attending for appointment

Taxi Driver Report                                                                   £140

Take deposit when booking appointment. Deposit to secretary. Patient to bring report when attending for appointment

Pre Employment Medical                                                £140

Take deposit when booking appointment. Deposit to secretary. Patient to bring report when attending for appointment

 

Travel Clinic (Not available on NHS) Deposit to be taken at time of booking appointment – to cover vaccines bought in especially. VAT EXEMPT

Initial Consultation and general advice + Typhoid, polio, diptheria, tetanus and Hep A vaccination (Patients only)                                              £Nil

Private Prescription deposit (Non NHS Travel Drugs)                £15

Hepatitis B (£40 each) or for a course of 3                                 £120

Other Vaccination for travel abroad (Plus vaccine cost)              £40

 

 
Why are fees charged?
 
The government's contract with GPs covers medical services to NHS patients. However, in recent years more and more organisations have been involving doctors in a wide range of non NHS work. This work is not funded by the government, so GPs have to charge a fee to cover their time and other expenses.
 
Surely the doctor is being paid anyway?
 
It is important to understand that many GPs are not employed by the NHS. They are self-employed and they have to cover the costs of everything from the limited NHS funds provided - staff wages, buildings, heating, lighting, etc - in the same way as any small business. The NHS covers costs for NHS work, but not for non-NHS work, the fees charged by GPs contribute towards keeping the surgery running.
 
Do GPs have to do non-NHS work for their patients?

With certain limited exceptions, GPs do not have to carry our non-NHS work. Many GPs however will always attempt to assist their patients and carry out this work.

Why does it sometimes take my GP a long time to complete my form/letter?

Time spent completing forms & preparing reports takes the GP away from the medical care of patients which will always have top priority. GPs have an ever increasing workload of forms which must be prioritised against offering appointments and other urgent administration. We aim to complete non-NHS work within two to six weeks of receipt of request.

I only need the GP's signature - what's the problem?

When a GP signs a certificate, completes a report or writes a letter it is a condition of remaining on the medical register (which allows them to practice as a doctor), that they only sign what they know to be true. In order to complete even the simplest of forms, the doctor may have to check a patient's entire medical record.
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All fees payable in advance by Card.