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Non-NHS fees

Non-NHS fees for general practitioners

Activity

Fee
(2010 fee, where now negotiable)

Payor

Adoption/fostering

 

 

Adoption form M/B

Negotiable

 

Adoption form C,D,YP or AME

Negotiable

 

Adoption form Adult 1

Negotiable

 

Adoption form Adult 2

Negotiable

 

Adoption form IHA

Negotiable

 

 

 

 

Attendance at airports

Negotiable

 

Attendance at airports

Negotiable

 

Blood test: paternity

£37.90

 

Blue badge emergency attendance

Negotiable

 

Case conference work

Negotiable

 

Certificates/extracts from records

 

 

Employment

 

 

Record extract (no exam)

 

 

Private

£60.50

co/patient

Local authority

Negotiable

LA

NHS employee

£25.15

NHS body

Examination and report

 

 

Private

£169.50

Co/patient

Local authority

Negotiable (£100.50)

LA

NHS employee

£39.22

NHS body

 

 

 

Cervical smear

Negotiable

 

Character reference (eg firearms licence)

Negotiable

 

Child in care

Negotiable

 

Childminder health form

£87.50

Patient/employer

Courts and legal

 

 

Criminal court cases (legal aid cases)

 

 

Report police/solicitor

 

 

Up to 2 hours work

£52.80

 

Daily maximum (eg 6 hours)

£211.00

 

Attendance by professional witness

 

 

Attendance overnight in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Newcastle Upon Tyne

£85.25

 

Attendance overnight elsewhere

£65.00

 

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:

 

 

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)

 

 

Report/preparatory work (per hour pro rata)

Negotiable

 

Attendance as professional witness (per hour pro rata)

Negotiable

 

Coroner's court

 

 

Full written report without examination

Negotiable (£67.50)

coroner

 

Negotiable (£33.00)

 

Post mortem examination and reporting result

£96.80

 

Post mortem examination using additional skills and reporting result

£276.90

 

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)

 

 

Condition of children (visit, examination, certificate)

£70.50

 

Attendance in the town or neighbourhood in which the doctor practises or resides

£121.50
*Note: This fee includes allowance paid by the Court, including mileage

 

Crown Courts (NSPCC cases only)

 

 

Attendance at ? per case

£121.50 plus the amount allowed by the Court, which includes mileage

 

Cremation

 

 

Form 4 or 5

£73.50

Undertaker

Pacemaker removal

Negotiable

 

Crematorium medical referee

Negotiable (£18.50)
form F & FF

 

Driving

 

 

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

 

Blue badge (exam and report)

Negotiable

LA/HA

Fitness to drive for insurance/employment (cab driver, elderly driver, racing driver, LGV/PCV)

Negotiable

 

Family planning

 

 

Short session for health authority

Negotiable

HA

Full session for health authority

Negotiable

 

Private work for patients not on GP's list

 

 

Diaphragm fitting

Negotiable

 

IUCD fitting

Negotiable

 

Abortion certificate

Negotiable

 

Fitness to attend state school

Negotiable

 

Government department sessions (where BMA treasury rate is accepted)

 

 

a) Work in surgery, indicating time element where appropriate (@ 157.00 per hour)

 

 

i) extract from records

£40

 

ii) report on pro forma (e.g. 20 mins)

£52.50

 

iii) report written (e.g. 30 mins)

£82.00

 

iv) medical examination and report in surgery (eg 45 mins)

£121.00

 

v) session (e.g. 3 hours)

£488.00

 

Gender recognition work for the Ministry of Justice

 

 

Medical report pro forma for gender recognition

£77

 

     
     
     

b) Medical boards/tribunals/lectures

 

 

Note: These fees are calculated at 50 per cent of the hourly rate because in surgery expenses are not applicable.

 

 

One hour

£79.50

 

Two hours

£157

 

Three hour session

£244

 

     
     
     
     
     
     

Certificate (no time element involved)

£17

 

Community service certificate for offenders who fail to attend (Scotland only)

£35.00

 

Government department sessions (whose fees are accepted by the BMA)

 

 

Department for Work and Pensions

 

 

GP factual report (for disability living allowance and attendance allowance)

£33.50

 

DS 1500

£17.00

 

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

 

 

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA)

 

 

GP report on pro forma

£39.00

 

HIV testing

 

 

For insurance company

Negotiable

 

With examination

Negotiable (remember to include pathology costs when you negotiate your fee)

 

Without examination

Negotiable (remember to include pathology costs when you negotiate your fee)

 

Certificate of negative result for travel abroad

Negotiable

 

Housing

 

 

Insurance

 

 

BMA recommended fees for Life Assurance and Income Protection reports

 

 

Report for insurance applicants (template)

£97.00

Insurer

Supplementary reports

£25.00

 

 

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