Non-NHS fees for general practitioners |
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Activity |
Fee |
Payor |
Adoption/fostering |
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Adoption form M/B |
Negotiable |
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Adoption form C,D,YP or AME |
Negotiable |
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Adoption form Adult 1 |
Negotiable |
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Adoption form Adult 2 |
Negotiable |
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Adoption form IHA |
Negotiable |
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Attendance at airports |
Negotiable |
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Attendance at airports |
Negotiable |
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Blood test: paternity |
£37.90 |
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Blue badge emergency attendance |
Negotiable |
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Case conference work |
Negotiable |
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Certificates/extracts from records |
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Employment |
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Record extract (no exam) |
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Private |
£60.50 |
co/patient |
Local authority |
Negotiable |
LA |
NHS employee |
£25.15 |
NHS body |
Examination and report |
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Private |
£169.50 |
Co/patient |
Local authority |
Negotiable (£100.50) |
LA |
NHS employee |
£39.22 |
NHS body |
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Cervical smear |
Negotiable |
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Character reference (eg firearms licence) |
Negotiable |
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Child in care |
Negotiable |
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Childminder health form |
£87.50 |
Patient/employer |
Courts and legal |
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Criminal court cases (legal aid cases) |
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Report police/solicitor |
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Up to 2 hours work |
£52.80 |
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Daily maximum (eg 6 hours) |
£211.00 |
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Attendance by professional witness |
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Attendance overnight in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Newcastle Upon Tyne |
£85.25 |
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Attendance overnight elsewhere |
£65.00 |
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Up to 2 hours absence |
£83.50 |
CPS |
2-4 hours absence |
£117.00 |
CPS |
Over 4 hours absence |
£234.00 |
CPS |
Or locum allowance: |
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Up to 2 hours |
£89 |
CPS |
Up to 4 hours |
£125 |
CPS |
More than 4 hours |
£250 |
CPS |
Civil courts (excluding county courts) (non-legal aid cases) |
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Report/preparatory work (per hour pro rata) |
Negotiable |
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Attendance as professional witness (per hour pro rata) |
Negotiable |
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Coroner's court |
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Full written report without examination |
Negotiable (£67.50) |
coroner |
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Negotiable (£33.00) |
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Post mortem examination and reporting result |
£96.80 |
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Post mortem examination using additional skills and reporting result |
£276.90 |
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Attendance 1-2 hours |
Negotiable (£88.50) |
CPS/DCA |
Attendance 2-4 hours |
Negotiable (£124.00) |
CPS/DCA |
Attendance 4-6 hours |
Negotiable (£184.45) |
CPS/DCA |
Attendance more than 6 hours |
Negotiable (£248.00) |
CPS/DCA |
Magistrates Courts (NSPCC cases only) |
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Condition of children (visit, examination, certificate) |
£70.50 |
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Attendance in the town or neighbourhood in which the doctor practises or resides |
£121.50 |
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Crown Courts (NSPCC cases only) |
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Attendance at ? per case |
£121.50 plus the amount allowed by the Court, which includes mileage |
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Cremation |
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Form 4 or 5 |
£73.50 |
Undertaker |
Pacemaker removal |
Negotiable |
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Crematorium medical referee |
Negotiable (£18.50) |
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Driving |
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HGV and PSV drivers (local authority) |
Negotiable |
LA |
RTA injury (each person) |
£21.30 |
Driver insurance |
VOC certificate |
£12.00 |
DVLA |
Series II proforma |
£39.00 |
DVLA |
Copy of visual fields from records |
£41.00 |
DVLA |
VOC resting ECG |
£86.00 |
DVLA |
Blue badge (report only) |
Negotiable |
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Blue badge (exam and report) |
Negotiable |
LA/HA |
Fitness to drive for insurance/employment (cab driver, elderly driver, racing driver, LGV/PCV) |
Negotiable |
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Family planning |
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Short session for health authority |
Negotiable |
HA |
Full session for health authority |
Negotiable |
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Private work for patients not on GP's list |
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Diaphragm fitting |
Negotiable |
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IUCD fitting |
Negotiable |
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Abortion certificate |
Negotiable |
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Fitness to attend state school |
Negotiable |
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Government department sessions (where BMA treasury rate is accepted) |
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a) Work in surgery, indicating time element where appropriate (@ 157.00 per hour) |
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i) extract from records |
£40 |
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ii) report on pro forma (e.g. 20 mins) |
£52.50 |
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iii) report written (e.g. 30 mins) |
£82.00 |
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iv) medical examination and report in surgery (eg 45 mins) |
£121.00 |
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v) session (e.g. 3 hours) |
£488.00 |
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Gender recognition work for the Ministry of Justice |
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Medical report pro forma for gender recognition |
£77 |
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b) Medical boards/tribunals/lectures |
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Note: These fees are calculated at 50 per cent of the hourly rate because in surgery expenses are not applicable. |
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One hour |
£79.50 |
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Two hours |
£157 |
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Three hour session |
£244 |
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Certificate (no time element involved) |
£17 |
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Community service certificate for offenders who fail to attend (Scotland only) |
£35.00 |
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Government department sessions (whose fees are accepted by the BMA) |
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Department for Work and Pensions |
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GP factual report (for disability living allowance and attendance allowance) |
£33.50 |
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DS 1500 |
£17.00 |
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Note: DS 1500 forms are completed for patients who are terminally ill. Patients automatically qualify for the highest rate of disability living allowance if the doctor confirms in the DS 1500 form that death is ‘reasonably expected' during the following six months |
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) |
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GP report on pro forma |
£39.00 |
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HIV testing |
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For insurance company |
Negotiable |
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With examination |
Negotiable (remember to include pathology costs when you negotiate your fee) |
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Without examination |
Negotiable (remember to include pathology costs when you negotiate your fee) |
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Certificate of negative result for travel abroad |
Negotiable |
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Housing |
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Insurance |
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BMA recommended fees for Life Assurance and Income Protection reports |
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Report for insurance applicants (template) |
£97.00 |
Insurer |
Supplementary reports |
£25.00 |
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