Sturminster Newton Medical Centre

private fees

The National Health Service provides most health care to most people free of charge, but there are exceptions such as prescription charges. The NHS does not employ GPs but has a contract with them to provide NHS general medical services for their patients. Sometimes, however, GPs are asked to provide additional services, which fall outside their contract with the NHS, and in these circumstances, they are entitled to make a reasonable charge for providing them. It is up to the individual practice to decide how much to charge, although the BMA produces lists of suggested fees for the Doctors to use as a guideline.

When a doctor signs a certificate or completes a report, the doctor needs to check the patient’s entire medical record to ensure that they are providing accurate information. GPs will not be able to complete forms overnight, so please ensure that you give us at least one weeks notice.

The table below lists our charges for private work:

Service	Cost		Vaccinations	Cost
Private Sick Note	£15.00	\|	ACWY	£48.50
Passport Form/Photograph	£21.00	\|	Hepatitis B booster for travel	£35.00
Fitness to Travel	£21.00	\|	Hepatitis B course of 3 for travel	£105.00
Other Certificates (minimim Charge)	£15.00	\|	Immunity Status (incl. £15.00 HCA and £26.00 DCH)	£41.00
Private Health Insurance Claim Form	£25.00	\|	Fee for Certificate of Vaccination	£15.00
Holiday Cancellation	£21.00	\|	Fee for Certificate of Immunisation Status	£15.00
Shotgun Certificate	£42.00	\|	Fee for rebook non attendance	£15.00
Taxi Medical - Driver	£51.00	\|	Japanese Encephalitis booster	£63.50
Taxi Medical - Employer	£82.00	\|	Japanese Encephalitis course of 3	£172.00
PSV/HGV Driver	£51.00	\|	Rabies booster	£40.00
PSV/HGV Employer	£82.00	\|	Rabies course of 3	£120.00
Food Handler's Fitness to Work Certificate	£15.50	\|	Revaxis for travel	£25.00
Private Certificate Sickness - Short	£12.00	\|	Tickborne Encephalitis course of 2	£100.00
Medical Report - No Examination	£66.50	\|	Yellow Fever	£50.00
Medical Report - Examination	£133.50	\|
Private Consultation - 10 minutes	£31.00	\|
Private Consultation - 0 minutes	£61.50	\|
Private Consultation - 1 hour	£180.00	\|
Private Acupuncture - First Visit	£77.00	\|
Private Acupuncture - Thereafter	£61.50	\|
Tens Machine Returnable Deposit	£10.00	\|
Tens Machine Pads	£6.50	\|

This list is not exhaustive; if you also require confirmatory blood tests for any of these vaccinations, the laboratory will also charge a private test fee in addition to the charges above.