General Practitioners: Fees and Charges
Commons · Question 50700 · Tabled 7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 12 May 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of waiving fees charged by GP surgeries for (a) medical evidence letters, (b) certificates and (c) reports that are required by HM Pa
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 12 May 2025
There are some medical evidence letters, certificates, or reports that general practices (GPs) may charge for, and others that they must not charge patients for. The legislation that sets this out is the General Medical Services and Personal Medical Servi...