GP obligations relating to certification
- The GP is obliged to provide data essential for a clinical referral free of charge.
- A GP has a statutory duty to supply a registered patient, free of charge, with any of the prescribed certificates set out in Schedule 4 of the NHS Regulations.
- A doctor has a professional and legal obligation to act in the patient's best interests at all times and must any provide information that is essential to prevent death or serious harm to an individual.
- A GP has a legal obligation to provide any certificate required under a Court order or by order of a Coroner.
- There is specific legislation and government and professional policy that imposes an obligation to provide information that is essential for the protection of children and vulnerable adults.
- There are other occasions where a GP may be obliged to provide information, for example where it is overwhelmingly in the public interest to do so, or where it is essential for the pursuit of due legal process. Specific legal advice may be required before providing such information.
In almost all other situations there is no legal, contractual or professional obligation for the GP to provide a certificate or report. However, he or she may choose to do so as a private service for which they may charge the patient, or a third party that requests the information. Wessex LMCS letter template for your use notifying requesting party of fee to be applied here.
Collaborative Fees
Fit certificates
Mandatory and free certifcates
Self-certification-SC2 forms
Sickness certificates for less than 7 days
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| There are no longer "BMA and ABI agreed" fees for producing Insurance medical reports |
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| GPs are often asked by supporting groups (e.g. Citizen's Advice Bureaus and Welfare and Charitable groups) to supply a report to support your patients application for benefit. You don't have to do it and you may charge a fee |
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| Medical Certificates are not normally required when someone feels they have grounds to be excluded from Jury service. Occasionally the summoning officer WILL request one. Here is our advice. |
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| Guidance on fees is available but the key consideration is consider your charging structure according to the workload involved. |
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| The notification process has changed. There is now no fee received for reporting |
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| More and more GPs are being asked to provide Continuing Care Reports. Do you have to provide this information and may you charge? The answer is here. |
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| Providing medical proof and non-fitness for examinations is not a good use of valuable NHS resources. We definitely don't need to do it for schools |
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| These are olbligatory forms and attract no additional fee for completion |
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With the GMC Licence to Practice some Registrars are seeking evidence of Licence to Practice. |
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| You don't usually need to issue certificates to school to prove why a child hasn't been attending. |
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