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General Practitioners: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 15115 · Tabled 19 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the practice of GP surgeries charging fees to patients for (a) signed certificates, (b) reports and (c) medical letters.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 25 Nov 2024

For general practices (GPs), there are some medical evidence letters, certificates, or reports that GPs may charge for, and other certificates that they must not charge patients for. The legislation that sets this out is the General Medical Services and P...