The practice is changing the way it charges for private administration work.
The practice has noticed an increase in the volume of requests for GP's to complete private reports which fall outside the remit of NHS work. As a result of this we are noticing increased difficulty in managing day to day medical services, which must remain our priority for the health and wellbeing of our patients.
Examples of these reports include: private medical certificates for employers or educational bodies, requests from insurance companies - e.g. holiday cancellation, payment protection etc., pre-employment medicals (including Camp America) and endorsement of photography for passport and driving licence applications.
We are therefore reviewing the way we charge for private work in an attempt to offset this increased workload.
Payment will be based on a fee of £200 per hour or part thereof. There will be a minimum charge of £50.00 increasing incrementally in line with length of time needed to complete the request.
Currently HGV and PSV medicals incur a fee of £100 - (£20.00 deposit and balance paid at time of medical examination).
* Please note payments must be made in cash, the practice does not have a card machine.
This work is not part of National Health Service payments therefore any fees are paid directly to the practice.