There are occasions when you may require a service from your doctor which does not come within the terms of the NHS. Your doctor is, therefore, entitled to charge a fee for such a service.
Below is a list of the most commonly requested services and fees:
Certificate without examination
- Simple signature – £18
- More complex (requiring a review of medical records) – £30
- Private sick note – £20
- Private prescription for drugs not needed immediately by patients travelling abroad – £20
- Passport form/photograph (simple signature) – £30
- Holiday cancellation – £30
- Fitness to travel/attend – £45
- Driving license photograph – £18
- Freedom from infection certificate – £45
Medical examinations and reports
- Provident association claim form (BUPA/PPA) – £30
- Sickness/accident insurance benefit claim form – £45
- Sickness/accident short cert (signature only) – £18
- Employers report only – £100
- Employers report and opinion – £125
- Employment (30 minutes) – £125
- Third parties – £125
- HGV, PSV, taxi drivers – £125
- Elderly drivers fitness – £125
- Racing drivers – £125
- Diabetic drivers – £125
- Sports medical – £125
Access to records under data protection act
- Access to medical records – £10
- Manual records or combination of manual/computer record – £50
Other private fees
- Private consultation (including script/referral) – £60
- Private visit – £85
- Private script – £20
- Private blood test (excluding pathology fee) – £40
Travel abroad
- Course of vaccinations (non NHS), plus cost of vaccine – £40
- Private prescription for drugs for sole purpose of travel – £20
- Professional association of diving instructors (PADI) – £50
Vaccinations
Cost of vaccine plus £25 admin fee.
- Yellow fever vaccination and certificate – £65
- Letter to fly with medication – £30
- Adult MMR for holiday purposes – £15
- ACWY certificate – £15
- Holiday cancellation certificate – £30
- Fitness to travel certificate – £45