Private Services
and Fees
Updated April 2024
Timeframe of Services
Expect forms to take around 4 weeks for your GP to complete and return. Completing paperwork pulls GPs away from patient care; many work up to 70 hours a week, and paperwork is consuming more of their time. Consequently, many GPs find themselves taking work home on evenings and weekends to manage their heavy workload.
Information about Fees
The National Health Service (NHS) typically provides healthcare free of charge, but there are exceptions, like prescription charges and fees for certain services.
General Practitioners (GPs) are self-employed and cover their costs for non-NHS work through fees. GPs have contracts with the government for NHS services but increasingly undertake non-medical tasks, often due to their community trust.
The British Medical Association (BMA) suggests fees for non-NHS work as guidelines, though GPs aren’t bound by them. Patients should be informed of charges beforehand, with many GPs basing their fees on BMA’s suggestions.
| Forms |
|---|
| Simple Certificate (Straight forward certificate of fact) £35 Simple Letter £35 Complex Letter of Certificate £55 Holiday Cancellation (Simple) £50 Holiday Cancellation (Complex) £75 Character Reference £50 Fit To Fly £40 Health Club (Fit for exercise) £50 School Fees Insurance Certificate £50 Adoption/Fostering AH Form £84 Private Prescription £40 GP Report for Insurance £120 GP Supplementary Report £70 GP Targeted Report for Patient £90 Firearms £100 Child Minder Health form £100 Housing Needs Report £40 Attendance Allowance Factual Report £33.50 Just 1 Signature Only £25 Assessment of Capacity COP3 without examination £120 Endorsements/verification of person £30 |
| In Person |
|---|
| Private Blood Test £50 Witnessing Lasting Power of Attorney £75 Paternity Test £75 Assessment of Capacity with examination £150 |
| DVLA Form (From Patient Records) £40 DVLA Medical (In Person) £85 D4 Form/HGV/Taxi/Bus Medical £150 |
| Print-Outs | Price |
|---|---|
| Print Out of Medical Records 1 copy. (If patient has already had a SAR they can only have new records for free, if they want all the old again, it’s chargeable). | No Charge |
| Extracts from Records | No Charge |
| Non-Chargeable |
|---|
| DVLA Form (From Patient Records) £40 DVLA Medical (In Person) £85 D4 Form/HGV/Taxi/Bus Medical £150 DVLA Form (From Patient Records) £40 DVLA Medical (In Person) £85 |