Non-NHS services

The NHS does not pay for some of the services we provide. These include private sick notes, insurance forms, holiday cancellation forms, medical reports, fitness to travel certificates, private prescriptions, passport signing and some vaccination services. Our fees for these services, which are in line with BMA approved national guidance, are displayed in the Surgery. For further details please ask Reception for a fees and charges leaflet.

Letters & Forms
Letter (TWIMC)	£30
Travel cancellation forms	£30
DWP / PIP	£33.50
Firearms Licencing	£50
Private sick note	£30
Ofsted Health Declaration	£70
DVLA Fitness to Drive	£40 - £85

Medicals
Adoption Medical	£73.86
HGV Medical	£70
Taxi / Hackney Carriage Medical	£70
Lifetime Care Plan / Care Fees	£200

Insurance Reports
General Practitioner Report (GPR)	£180
Targeted General Practitioner Report (TGPR)	£100
Electronic General Practitioner Report (iGPR)	£150

How long will it take?

We aim to complete all types of medical form with 28 working days depending on the complexity of the form.

Please do not expect your GP to process forms overnight. Urgent requests may mean that a doctor has to make special arrangements to process the form quickly, this may come at an additional cost. 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 workload and paperwork takes up an increasing amount of their time. In addition non-NHS work must be undertaken outside of NHS contracted time.

Why do we need to charge?

Non-NHS work takes our staff away form their normal NHS roles and adds extra hours to their day. Please remember that there are many steps and staff members involved in the process from your request for work to be done to the completed work returning to you. The time taken to do these tasks is often underestimated.