The following fees are BMA recommendations for non-NHS work (prices may vary depending on the amount of work required):
| Allowance | Charge |
|---|---|
| GP report for insurance applicants | £104 |
| GP supplementary reports | £27 |
| Certificates | |
| Straightforward certificates of fact | £18 |
| More complex certificates | |
| Private sick note (incapacity certificate) required by the patient for presentation to an employer except for those which the doctor is obliged to provide for statutory sick pay purposes | £30 to £63 |
| Accident or sickness insurance certificate – a short certificate of incapacity without examination for the patient to claim under accident or sickness insurance | £30 to £63 |
| Freedom from infection certificate, eg for school, travel or employment | £30 to £63 |
| Validation of private medical insurance (PMI) claim form, to support a claim for benefit in connection with private medical insurance, or completion of a pre-treatment form | £30 to £63 |
| Health club brief written report to certify that a patient is fit for exercise | £30 to £63 |
| School fees and holiday insurance certificates | £30 to £63 |
| Work in surgery | |
| Extract from records | £67 |
| Report on a pro forma, no examination (eg 20 minutes) | £89.50 |
| Written report without examination, providing a detailed opinion and statement on the condition of the patient (eg 30 minutes) | £133 |
| GPs | |
| Work in surgery, indicating time element where appropriate | £186.20 |
| Extract from records | £48.40 |
| Report on pro forma (eg 20 minutes) | £61.90 |
| Report written (eg 30 minutes) | £94.15 |
| Medical examination and report in surgery (eg 45 minutes) | £135.20 |
| Session (eg 3 hours) | £560.60 |
| Work out of surgery including boards, tribunals, lectures | |
| Up to one hour | £94.15 |
| Up to two hours | £188.30 |
| Three hour session | £282.45 |
| Certificate (no time element involved) | £19.80 |
| Community service certificate for offenders who fail to attend (Scotland only) | £40.60 |
| Consultant fees for driver licensing | |
| Blood test only | £39.00 |
| Consultant series 2 | £42.00 |
| Consultant examination | £136.50 |
| Consultant VOC (vocational) exercise test | £136.50 |
| Copy of visual fields | £42.00 |
| Use of hospital facilities | £102.50 |
| Stress echocardiogram | £500.00 |
| Report from records | £102.50 |
| Perfusion scan | £550.00 |
| GP fees for driver licensing | |
| VOC (vocational) GP certificate | £12.50 |
| GP series 2 | £40.00 |
| GP examination | £85.00 |
