Fees for medical reports/letters/certificates
Type of report/letter
Copy of medical records
(solicitor request)
Copy of computer record
(patient request)
Copy of computer and
paper record (patient
request)
Armed Forces medical
report
Bupa/PPP claim form
Extract of record
Fitness to exercise
certificate
Fitness to travel certificate
HGV/PSV/taxi medical
Holiday cancellation form
Insurance claim form
PMR report
Power of Attorney
Private sick note
To Whom It May Concern
letter
Student health
questionnaire
Two steeples medical centre
Who pays
Solicitor
Charge
£50.00
Patient
£10.00
Patient
Up to £50.00
Army
£65.00
Patient
Solicitor/insurance company
Patient
£35.00
£20.00 - £50.00
£25.00
Patient
Patient
Patient
Patient
Insurance company
Patient
Patient
Patient
£25.00
£80.00
£20.00
£20.00
£100.00
£120.00
£15.00
£10.00
Patient
£20.00
Travel vaccination fees
Vaccine
Hepatitis B – adults
Full course = 3 doses
Hepatitis B – children
Full course = 3 doses
Hepatitis B booster (adult
and children)
Rabies
Full course = 3 doses
Japanese B Encephalitis
Full course = 2 doses
ACWY (meningitis)
Tick-borne encephalitis
Full course = 2 doses
Yellow fever
Cost
Per dose
Full course
£26
£78
Per dose
Full course
£26
£78
Per dose
£40
Per dose
Full course
£60
£180
Per dose
Full course
£90
£180
Bushloe Surgery
Per dose
£50
Bushloe Surgery
Per dose
Full course
£60
£120
Bushloe Surgery
Per dose
+ yellow book £60
Available at:
Bushloe Surgery
Wigston Central Surgery
Long Street
Bushloe Surgery
Wigston Central Surgery
Long Street
Bushloe Surgery
Wigston Central Surgery
Long Street
Bushloe Surgery
Wigston Central Surgery
Wigston Central Surgery
Patient Guide to Fees for Non-NHS
Services
 Medical reports
 Certificates/forms/letters
 Travel vaccination fees
Bushloe Surgery – tel: 0116 3440233
www.bushloesurgery.co.uk
Wigston Central Surgery – tel: 0116 2882566
www.wigstoncentral.co.uk
Long Street Surgery – tel: 0116 2883314
www.longstreetsurgery.org.uk
Two Steeples Medical Centre
Abington Close
Wigston
Leics, LE18 2EW
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Fees for Non-NHS Services
Information Leaflet
Isn’t the NHS supposed to be free?
The NHS provides most health services to people
free of charge, but there are some exceptions.
Prescription charges have existed since 1951.
Sometimes a charge is made because the service is
not covered by the NHS; for example Medical
Reports for Insurance Companies.
What is covered by the NHS and what is not?
The Government’s contract with GPs covers medical
services to NHS patients. Sometimes the only reason
that a GP is asked to provide information is because
they hold a position of trust in the community, or
because an insurance company wants to be sure that
the information provided to them is true and correct.
Examples of Non-NHS services which GP’s can
charge their NHS patients:
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Accident/sickness insurance certificates and
reports
Certain travel/holiday vaccinations
Private medical insurance reports
Medicals for HGV/Taxi/PSV
Holiday Cancellation forms
Private sick note
Examples of non-NHS services which GP’s can
charge other institutions:
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Medical reports for an insurance company
Some reports for the DSS/Benefits Agency
Solicitor requests for copies of medical records
Why does it take so long for my GP to complete a
form or report?
Time spent completing forms and preparing reports takes
the GP away from the care of our NHS patients. Our GP’s
have a heavy workload—paperwork takes up an increasing
amount of time.
I only need a doctor’s signature—what is the
problem?
When a doctor signs a certificate of report, it is a condition
of the Medical Register that they only sign what they know
to be true. In order to complete even the simplest of forms,
the doctor might have to read a patient’s entire medical
record.
Why do I have to pay for travel vaccinations?
The NHS provides some, but not all, vaccinations for people
travelling abroad. Those vaccines not funded by the NHS
incur a charge as detailed overleaf.
Please ask at your registered doctor’s reception for further
details.