Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges. Examples include the following:<\/p>\n
The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability.<\/p>\n
For some services a charge is made as they are either statutory fees or not funded by the NHS<\/strong><\/p>\n The National Health Service 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 to cover some of the cost of treatment, for example, dental fees; in other cases, it is because the service is not covered by the NHS, for example, medical reports for insurance companies.<\/p>\n It is important to understand that GPs are not employed by the NHS, they are self-employed, and they have to cover their costs – staff, buildings, heating, lighting, etc – in the same way as any small business. The NHS covers these costs for NHS work, but for non-NHS work the fee has to cover the doctor’s costs<\/p>\n THESE FEES ARE IN LINE WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges. Examples include the following: Medicals for pre-employment, sports and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-507","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81205\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81205\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81205\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81205\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81205\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81205\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81205\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n REPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n FEE CHARGED<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n To whom it may concern letter<\/td>\n \u00a310.00 to \u00a325.00 (depending on detail)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Letter for school\/college<\/td>\n \u00a310.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n BUPA\/PPP\/Holiday cancel<\/td>\n \u00a325.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Private sick note<\/td>\n \u00a320.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Housing\/Council letter<\/td>\n \u00a320.00 to \u00a330.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Fit to travel letter<\/td>\n \u00a320.00 to \u00a330.00 (depending on detail)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Employers report (no examination)<\/td>\n \u00a335.00 to \u00a385.00 (depending on detail)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Employers report (with examination)<\/td>\n \u00a3130.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Pre-employment medical & report<\/td>\n \u00a3130.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Fitness to drive (no examination)<\/td>\n \u00a340.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Fitness to drive (with examination)<\/td>\n \u00a360.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HGV & Taxi drivers medical<\/td>\n \u00a3100.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Private Prescription<\/td>\n \u00a35.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Hepatitis B immunity blood test<\/td>\n \u00a325.00 (hospital charge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Adoption Medical<\/td>\n \u00a370.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n