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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...