NHS GP charges
Generally all standard GP services are provided free of charge. However practices are entitled to charge for some services, often those not covered by the NHS including:
- providing medical reports or certificates additional to those required by the NHS (however GP cannot charge for signing sick notes)
- carrying out routine medical examinations at the request of a commercial, educational or non-for-profit organisation in order to create a medical report or certificate
- creating a medical report required in connection with any claim (or potential claim) for compensation for harm to the patient
- prescribing or providing drugs, medication or appliances (including the contents of a travel kit) for anyone travelling abroad for any condition for which the patient does not currently require treatment
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