Some services are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore will
attract a charge.
The fees shown below relate to work which may be done only by a patient's own doctor.
Effective from 1 April 2015 and based on the British Medical Association suggested rates.
Straightforward certificates of fact / £18
Private sick note (incapacity certificate) required by patient for presentation to an employer except for those which the doctor is obliged to provide for statutory sick pay purposes / £30
Accident or sickness insurance certificate - short certificate of incapacity without examination for patient to claim under accident or sickness insurance / £30
Freedom from infection certificate, eg for school, travel or employment / £30
Validation of private medical insurance (PMI) claim form, to support a claim for benefit in connection with private medical insurance, or completion of a pre-treatment form / £30
Health club brief written report to certify that a patient is fit for exercise / £30
School fees and holiday insurance certificates / £30
Fees for copies of health records of living patients
Health records held on computer / £10
Health records held in part on computer and in part manually / £50
Health records held manually / £50
Fees to allow patients access to their own health records where no copy is required – paper or computer
unless the records have been added to in the last 40 days in which case viewing should be free / £10
Extract from records / £67
Report on a pro forma, no examination (eg 20 minutes) / £89.50
Written report without examination, providing a detailed opinion and statement on the condition of the patient (eg 30 minutes)
This could include:
- Accident or sickness insurance to support a claim for payment of benefit under accident or sickness insurance policy
- Employment report pre-employment, or report on an employee, requested by an employer
- Fitness for education to attend university, college, teacher and nurses training and, for dentists, completion of the form of application for first registration of a dentist issued by the GDC
- Pharmaceutical trials report on suitability of patient to take part as non-patient volunteer
- Private medical insurance: report on prospective subscriber to a private medical insurance (PMI) scheme (eg BUPA, PPP, WPA, etc)
/ £133
GP work in surgery for the government
indicating time element where appropriate
Extract from records
Report on pro forma
(eg 20 minutes)
Written report
(eg 20 minutes)
Medical examination and report in surgery
(eg 45 minutes)
Session
(eg 3 hours)
/ £179.00 /hr
£46.50
£59.50
£90.50
£130.00
£539.00
Practice Fees - Non Nhs Services
Reviewed December 2015