Fees for Non-NHS Services
FEES AS FROM 1ST MAY 2024
These fees can also be found on a leaflet in our surgery that can be viewed or printed out by patients who choose to click here.
Fees for non-NHS funded services
| Travel Clinic | £ | |
| Practice Nurse Travel Consultation | Free | |
| Fit to Fly Certificates | See ‘Certificates’ | |
| Hepatitis A | Free | |
| Typhoid | Free | |
| DTP | Free | |
| Hepatitis B (three dose normal course) | £120.00 | |
| Hepatitis B (four dose rapid course) | £160.00 | |
| Hepatitis B – Child (three dose normal course) | £82.50 | |
| Hepatitis B – Child (four dose rapid course) | £110.00 | |
| Meningitis ACWY + Certificate | £55.00 | |
| Yellow Fever | £60.00 | |
| Yellow Fever – Certificate Replacement | £15.00 | |
| Rabies (three dose course) | £165.00 | |
| Rabies Booster | £55.00 | |
| Tick-borne Encephalitis (two dose course) | £130.00 | |
| Tick-borne Encephalitis (Booster) | £70.00 | |
| Japanese Encephalitis (two dose course) | £200.00 | |
| Japanese Encephalitis (Booster) | £100.00 | |
| Private Prescription | £10.00 | |
| Certificates | £ | |
| Certificate of fact | £35.00 | |
| Fitness to Work Certificate (7 days or less) | £35.00 | |
| Fitness Certificate (Basic):
Fit to ……… |
£30.00 | |
| Fitness Certificate (Comprehensive):
Fit to ……… with Medical Examination |
£162.00 | |
| Firearms Licence Police Summary Report | £100.00 | |
| Gender Recognition Report | £80.00 | |
| Other ad hoc Reports per 10 mins | £54.00 | |
| Insurance | £ | |
| Insurance Application Report (Life or Private Medical Insurance) | £104.00 | |
| Insurance Application Supplementary Report (Life or Private Medical Insurance) | £35.00 | |
| Insurance Application Report (Holiday/Travel Insurance) | £45.00 | |
| Insurance Claim – Incapacity Certificate | £45.00 | |
| Insurance Claim – Incapacity Report | £135.00 | |
| Employer Reports | £ | |
| Employers Pre-Employment Medical Report | £108.00 | |
| Employers Pre-Employment Medical Report with Medical Examination | £180.00 | |
| Employers In-Employment Medical Report | £90.00 | |
| Employers In-Employment Medical Report with Medical Examination | £150.00 | |
| Medical Examinations ** | £ | |
| Private Consultations – GP (10 mins) | £65.00 | |
| Private Consultations – Pharmacist (10 mins) | £50.00 | |
| Private Consultations – Nurse (10 mins) | £40.00 | |
| Private Consultations – HCA (10 mins) | £30.00 | |
| Medical Examination for other third party – GP (up to 30 mins) | £156.00 | |
| Emergency Treatment under the Road Traffic Act | £21.30 | |
| Medical Procedures | £ | |
| Private Spirometry | £100.00 | |
| Private ECG | £100.00 | |
| Private Blood Sample – fee for taking blood, if tests are required lab fees will be charged in addition | £50.00 | |
| Driver Licensing | £ | |
| DVLA Blood Test | £46.80 | |
| DVLA Vocational GP Certificate | £15.00 | |
| DVLA GP Series 2 | £48.00 | |
| DVLA GP Examination | £102.00 | |
| Medical Examination: Local Authority, HGV, LGV, Taxi licence etc ** | £120.00 | |
| Driver Fitness Certificate ** | £30.00 | |
| Driver Fitness Certificate With Medical Examination ** | £162.00 | |
| Access to Personal Records | £ | |
| Patient Online Access | FREE | |
| Copy of Medical Records – held electronically only (second copy or excessive request) | £10.00 | |
| Copy of Medical Records – held physically or part physically (second copy or excessive request) | £50.00 | |
| Legal | £ | |
| Paternity Tests Sample Taking – First person, one sample | £60.00 | |
| Paternity Tests Sample Taking – Second person, one sample | £24.00 | |
| Social Services | £ | |
| Fostering / Adoption application with Medical Examination or Consultation | £180.00 | |
| Fostering / Adoption Update | £54.00 | |
| Ofsted Childminder Health Form | £90.00 | |
| Education | £ | |
| School / College Applications – Health Declaration Certificate | £36.00 | |
| School / College Applications – Health Declaration Certificate + GP Consultation | £72.00 | |
** Medical Examination is defined as a verbal and physical examination lasting up to 30 minutes. Where additional procedures are requested which are not medically required, these will be charged for.
Additional charges – where, due to the complexity of the patients’ medical records, forms, reports or letters, more time is required, then additional charges will apply:
GP – £65 per 10 minutes
Nurse – £40 per 10 minutes
Pharmacist – £50 per 10 minutes
HCA – £30 per 10 minutes
Payment is required prior to any service being provided and prices shown are fully inclusive and subject to change without notice. Please contact us for prices of any services not listed.
Please allow up to 28 working days from payment for basic reports to be produced by your GP. More detailed reports may take longer. You will be contacted when it is ready to collect.
Why do GPs sometimes charge fees?
Isn’t the NHS supposed to be free?
The NHS provides most health care to most people free of charge, but there are exceptions: prescription charges have existed since 1951 and there are a number of other services for which fees are charged.
Sometimes the charge is made because the service is not covered by the NHS, for example, providing copies of health records or producing medical reports for insurance companies, as well as certain travel vaccinations.
Surely the doctor is being paid anyway?
GPs are not employed by the NHS; GP practices are independent businesses that are contracted to provide specific medical services by the NHS and other organisations such as county councils, and therefore have to cover their costs in the same way as any other small business – staff, buildings, heating etc. The NHS pays the Practice for NHS work only.
Why does it sometimes take my GP a long time to complete my form?
A GP’s NHS work must take priority. Time spent completing forms and preparing reports takes the GP away from the medical care of their patients. Most GPs have a very heavy workload and paperwork takes up an increasing amount of their time.
I only need the doctor’s signature – what is the problem?
When a doctor signs a certificate or completes a report, it is a condition of remaining on the GMC Register that they only sign what they know to be true. In order to complete even the simplest of forms, the doctor might have to check the patient’s entire medical records.
Carelessness or an inaccurate report can have serious consequences for the doctor with the General Medical Council (the doctors’ regulatory body) or even the Police.
What if I change my mind?
If a vaccination has been specifically purchased for you and you decide not to have it, you remain liable for cost as published. If a report has been requested by you or a third party on your behalf and you decide you no longer wish to proceed after the GP has started to complete it, then you (or the third party) remain liable for the cost as published.
(Published: 1st May 2024)
