Insurance reports
- Private Medical Insurance Form (Simple Form): £30.00
- Private Medical Insurance Form (Complex Form/Report): £50.00
Medical and reports
- Boxing medical: £125.00
- Competition examination & report: £200.00
- Court of protect & examination: £150.00
- Court of protect & examination: £150.00
- Exercise – brief written report to certify patient is fit to exercise: £30.00
- Firearms Licence: £30.00
- Fit to attend school exam & report: £80.00
- Fitness to exercise report: £80.00
- Fitness for marathon & ECG: £80.00
- Letter to assist in Housing Register Recommendations: £20.00
- Medical insurance claim form simple (BUPA etc): £35.00
- Power of Attorney forms: £40.00
- Pre employment medical: £100.00
- School fees insurance cert: £35.00
- Simple Letter/ Form / Report – Statement of Fact (no opinion) – schools, TWIMC etc: £20.00
- Simple Letter / Report – Statement of Fact (with Opinion) schools: £25.00
- Sports examination & report: £80.00
- TWIMC letter: £30.00
Driving
- Driving Licence Countersignature: £30.00
- DVLA examination: £90.00
- Fitness cert (elderly driver): £80.00
- HGV Medical: £90.00
- Public Service Vehicle Medical (bus): £90.00
- Seatbelt card completion: £15.00
- Seat belt exemption: £80.00
- Taxi Medical/ Other Driving Medical: £90.00
Holiday and travel reports
- Fitness to Travel Certificate / Letter: £40.00
- Holiday cancellation cert/claim/extract from records: £15.00 – £35.00 (depending on size)
- Holiday cancellation – Full medical examination and report: £80.00
- Holiday insurance related claim form / letter/ cancellation: £40.00
- “Needs to carry medication on plane” letter: £20.00
- Vaccination Letter: £20.00
Certificates and forms
- Certificate of incapacity – no examination: £35.00
- Certificate of fact: £20.00
Why GPs Sometimes Charge Fees
Why do GPs sometimes charge fees?
It is important to understand that many 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 fees charged by GPs contribute towards their costs.
Why does it sometimes take my GP a long time to complete my form?
Time spent completing forms and preparing reports takes the GP away from the medical care of their patients. Most GPs have a very heavy workload and paperwork takes up an increasing amount of their time, so many GPs find they have to take some paperwork home at night and weekends.
I only need the doctor’s signature – what is the problem?
When a doctor signs a certificate or completes a report, it is a condition of remaining or the Medical Register that they only sign what they know to be true. In order to complete even the simplest of forms, therefore, the doctor might have to check the patient’s entire medical record.
Carelessness or an inaccurate report can have serious consequences for the doctor with the General Medical Council (the doctors’ regulatory body) or the police.
Can I obtain the information myself without being charged?
You may be able to retrieve some information from GP online services. This service gives patients the ability to interact with your GP practice at any time of the day or night, wherever you are.
Patients can register for SystmOnline. Once registered you can book appointments on-line, order prescriptions, view your detailed coded
clinical record via the internet and request access to your full clinical record.
To do this, please ask at reception and bring a form of ID with you so that we can verify your identity. You can also download the registration form from the Howden Medical Centre website, but you must bring this to the surgery with a form of ID as listed on the bottom of the registration form. You will be given a username and password for the online service.