The majority of procedures, consultations and services carried out at this surgery are paid for by the NHS. However, where additional services are provided, we are required to pass on the cost to patients.
The following list is not exhaustive but gives details of the most common fees. Where other treatments carry a fee we will advise you in advance.
We cannot carry out any private services for patients who are not registered with us as regular patients
Price List:
Private Medical Examinations and reports Including Pre-employment medical HGV/LGV/PSV Taxi driver Elderly driver fitness Racing driver fitness £119.00
Insurance Report (no medical) £102.00
Supplementary medical report £35.00
Private medical certificate (sick note) £15.75
Private Letters - Simple (Including Fitness to attend school/college/work, Freedom from infection, Pregnancy related Fit to Travel, Driving Licence (without exam) £23.70
Private Letters - Complex (Including Travel insurance claim, Private medical insurance claim) £37.00
Shotgun licence £75
Solicitor Letters (max 20 mins) £63.00
Private diagnostic blood test £16.80 (Plus laboratory cost of test itself)
Childminder medical £94.50
Non-NHS Work: Requesting a letter from your GP FAQ
“I need a letter from my GP”
Our doctors are frequently asked by patients to provide private letters or reports for third parties. The standard fee for this is £23.70, which is payable in advance. More elaborate letters or reports may attract a higher fee.
“Why do I have to pay?”
The cost generated by the creation of these administrative requests is not covered by the NHS. The GP must complete them during their own time and as such there is a fee payable. All letters require the doctor to take time to review a patient’s medical records to ensure that the information provided is correct, the GP will then dictate the letter and a member of our admin team has to type and print it.
“How long will it take?”
Due to the current pressures surrounding the NHS and its services, private letters cannot take priority over NHS work and hence may take some time to prepare. Please allow at least 21 days for your request to be fulfilled.
“But I need it today/tomorrow/next week/sooner than that!”
We always want to act in the best interests of our patients. In genuinely urgent cases, we will do our best to meet your deadline; however, we cannot promise this. If you cannot wait, we will refund your fee if the letter has not yet been written.
“The doctor has to write these exact words…”
We are very sorry, but we cannot accept requests for the GP to write the letter in a specific way. The doctor will write what they know is supported by your medical record, and their opinion on what that should be is final. Please use the form linked below to request your letter, but note that our doctors reserve the right to refuse your request or provide alternative wording. If you are insistent on the GP changing your letter to suit what you think it should say, or if you want to dictate the contents, we will withdraw our offer to write the letter and refund your fee. Please remember that the doctor is not obliged to write a letter for you at all, as this is not an NHS requirement.
“I want the doctor to write me a job reference.”
These kinds of requests are not appropriate and we will not be able to write a letter for you.
Examples of suitable requests:
Fitness to travel, or cancellation of holidays
Confirmation of medication or a medical condition
Letters for school, universities, employers or courts, etc.
Letters to the Council/housing requirements
Example of requests we cannot fulfil:
Confirmation of address or other proof of residence or ID (We have no means of verifying this
Countersigning passport applications (A GP is no longer required on the form)
Letters stating something that is not supported by your medical record
If you agree to the above terms and still want the GP to write a Private Letter, please click the button below.