Private Services
Certain GP’s within the Practice are available for DVLA and Norwegian Maritime Medicals and minor ops. These are by prior appointment.
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 but has a contract with them to provide NHS general medical services for their patients. Sometimes, however, GPs are asked to provides additional services, which fall outside their contract with the NHS, and in these circumstances, they are entitled to make a reasonable charge for providing them. It is up to the individual practice to decide how much to charge, although the BMA produces lists of suggested fees for the Doctors to use as a guideline.
When a doctor signs a certificate or completes a report, the doctor needs to check the patient’s entire medical record to ensure that they are providing accurate information. GPs will not be able to complete forms overnight, so please ensure that you give them reasonable notice. Not all documents need a signature by a doctor. For example, you could ask another person in a position of trust, who may be willing to sign a passport application free of charge. (Teacher, Accountant, etc).
If you have several forms requiring completion, present them all at once and ask the receptionist if bringing them as a ‘job lot’ can reduce the price. You can also complete the form to the best of your ability in pencil, so the doctor just has to quickly verify your entries against the information held by the practice.
What is covered by the NHS and what is not?
Examples of non-NHS services for which GPs can charge their NHS patients are:
- Signing passport application forms
- Certain travel vaccinations
- Private medical insurance reports
- Holiday cancellation claim forms
- Referral for private care forms
- Letters requested by, or on behalf of, the patient
Norwegian Medicals
Dr Parsons is certified to undertake Norwegian Medicals.
A Norwegian Medical certificate will allow you to work in the UK and Norwegian waters of the North Sea.
The price is £155 inc VAT (excluding chest X-ray)
Drug and Pregnancy Tests
We undertake drug and Pregnancy tests.
The price for a 10 panel urine drug test is £45
The price for a Pregnancy test is £10
Practice Price List Jan 2011
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Medical Examinations and Reports | |
| Norwegian Medicals | £155 (excluding x-ray ) |
| Full medical and Report | £148 |
| Report, no examination | £89 |
| LGV, PCV, Taxi Medicals | £90.50 |
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Certificates and Forms | |
| BUPA / PPP claim forms | £30 |
| Holiday cancellation Insurance Claim | £25 |
| Passport form/photo countersignature | £25 |
| Driving licence photograph countersignature | £20 |
| Miscellaneous forms / Counter signatures Miscellaneous letters Private medical certificate sicknote) | £30 £30 £10 |
| Basic Sickness/accident insurance benefit claim forms | £25 |
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Data Protection Act 1998 | |
| Computerised Records | £10 |
| Manual records or combination of manual/computer records | From £10 to £50 |
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Travel Abroad | |
| Vaccinations - See Travel Information | |
| International certificate of vaccination | £15 |
| Freedom from infection certificate | £15 |
| Private prescriptions for travel abroad purposes | £10 |