Non NHS Fees

How much our non-NHS services cost

Why do we sometimes charge fees?

The NHS provides health care free of charge, but there are exceptions.

It is important to understand that GPs are self-employed and offer their services to the NHS and they have to cover their costs eg. staff, buildings, heating, lighting, etc. The NHS covers these costs for NHS work, but for non-NHS work.

The British Medical Association (BMA) suggests fees for non-NHS work which is not covered under a GP’s NHS contract. However, these fees are guidelines only, not recommendations, and a doctor is not obliged to charge the rates suggested.

Please see our Practice leaflet on Private work for more information.

Why can it take a long time to complete a form?

Time spent completing forms and preparing reports takes the GP away from the medical care of his or her patients. Most GPs have a very heavy NHS workload and this paperwork is done in around the patient care.

When a doctor signs a certificate or completes a report, it is a condition of remaining on the Medical Register that they only sign what they know to be true. In order to complete even the simplest of forms, therefore, the doctor might have to check the patient’s entire medical record. Carelessness or an inaccurate report can have serious consequences for the doctor.

What is the charge?

These prices are approximate examples only:

  • Copy of full medical records (on disc) £50.00
  • Patients can access a copy of their medical records free of change after 25th May 2018 due to General Data Protection Regulations.  Please ask the Secretarial Team for details, and allow 30 days.  
  • Disabled bus pass £25.00
  • Fitness reports (travel, fly, perform, drive) £15.00
  • To whom it may concern letter £15.00
  • Medical examinations (excluding occupational health) £80.00 to £120.00
  • Insurance claim form from £45.00
  • Private prescription (+ any pharmacy charge) £15.00
  • Access to medical records – please contact us for more information