CHARGING POLICY FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES WHICH FALL OUTSIDE OF CONTRACT WITH THE NHS

The National Health Service provides most health care to most people free of charge, but there are exceptions such as prescription charges. The NHS does not employ GPs; it has a contract with them to provide NHS general medical services for their patients. Sometimes, however, GPs are asked to provide additional services, which fall outside their contract with the NHS, and in these circumstances, they are entitled to make a reasonable charge (Private Fees) for providing them as detailed below:

General
TWIMC – (To Whom It May Concern) various letter / £10.00
Private Prescriptions / £15.00
Private Sick notes / £15.00
Medical/Travel Insurance Claim Forms / £25.00
Childminder report for OFSTED / £85.00
Fit to Travel Letter / £25.00
Shotgun Licence Certificate / £25.00
Fitness to attend (without medical) / £30.00
Patient access to computerised records / £10.00
Copy Medical Records, Paper Notes & Computerised Notes / £0.34 per copy + £10
Private Consultation with Doctor / £50.00
Private Consultation with Nurse / £40.00
Private Telephone consultation / £30.00
Blood test (excluding hospital charge for testing) / £30.00
Holiday/Travel
Vaccination Certificates / £15.00
Fitness to Travel Certificates / £25.00
Holiday Cancellation Certificates (Travel Insurance Claim) / £25.00
Fitness to travel/Holiday cancellation exam and report / £162.00
Travel Prescriptions / £15.00
Medical Examinations
HGV, PSV & Taxi Driver / £90.00
Sports/racing driver, (Pre)employment, third party medicals, etc / £90.00
Fitness to Attend
Report only / £50.00
Full medical and report / £162.00
Extract from records / £35.00
Immunisations
Hepatitis B (consultation charge for 3 vaccine course) / £35.00
Hepatitis A 1st Injection & Booster (booster vaccine + consultation charge) / No charge
Combined Hep A and Typhoid / No charge
Combined Hep A and Hep B (Twinrix) / No charge
Yellow Fever (vaccine cost + consultation charge) / £55.00
Rabies (vaccine cost + consultation charge for course) / £145.00
Japanese Encephalitis – course / £150.00
Meningitis (vaccine cost + consultation charge) / £55.00
Malarone tablets are also available for purchase from the
Practice for the convenience of our patients. / Discuss costs with
Practice Nurse.

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