1.What is a Private Medical Report?
NHS patients occasionally need care that is outside of what the NHS covers. This can include reports and medicals like:
- armed-forces, Taxi or DVLA medical assessments
- mortgage/health/life insurance medicals
- fostering/adoption medicals
- medical assessments for working abroad (camp America and similar schemes)
2.Will I have to pay for a Private Medical Report or Examination?
The table below shows the list of Fees for Non-NHS services at the Practice. Fees are based on:
- Time taken to complete a physical examination by a clinician (if required)
- A review of your full medical history by a GP to complete a report
- Administration time in filing and preparing medical reports/examinations
Payment is decided by the clinicians and then arranged via an invoice for online BACS transfer, if this method is not suitable, please discuss this when submitting your medical from to us.
3. How long does this process take?
You may see the form as a quick sign-it and leave, thinking that it just needs a signature or quick conversation however, a lot more goes into a medical report even if it only requires a few questions from a GP.
Private medical reports can take up to 28 days to complete and any examination appointments are arranged on a routine basis. We cannot complete private medical reports urgently.
Often, a doctor is signing the report to say that they are happy with their knowledge of a patient, that they will be safe in a certain scenario or that the medical information provided is factually correct. This can only be assessed by:
- being familiar with the whole patient history (requires reviewing of all the whole patient notes)
- and in some cases may include physically assessing the patient (level of detail determined by form or by the intended activity)
4. Table of Private Services and Practice Fees
Service provided by the Practice | Radford patients | NTU Students(a discounted fee is applied to some services) |
| Medical notes/Certificates/Letters Private medical notes for academic purposes only:
Straight forward letter or certificate of fact ie: Vaccination certificate, accident short certificate, Freedom of infection.
More complex certificates/medical forms ie: Event cancellation forms, holiday cancelation forms, visa certificates | N/A
£20.00
£45.00 | £20.00
£20.00
£40.00 |
| Medical Reports
Detailed report & examination ie: Employment medical, taxi medical, HGV Medical, Insurance (e.g. health or life insurance) Detailed report – no examination ie: Employment medical, taxi medical, HGV Medical, Insurance (e.g. health or life insurance)
Simple report & examination:
Simple report – no examination:
Camp Form & medical examination: Camp Form – no examination:
Fitness to attend gym/health club:
Firearm licenses: |
£150
£118.00
£102.00
£77.00
N/A N/A
£48.00
£105
|
£112
£94
£80.00
£68.00
£55.00 £30.00
£38.00
£105
|
| Access to Medical records under Data protection Act
Copies of records for patients under Access to Health Records Act 1990 | First copy free Then £10.00
First copy Free Then for further requests 38p per page up to a maximum of £50 | First copy free Then £10.00
First copy Free Then for further requests 38p per page up to a maximum of £50 |
| Vaccinations Hepatitis B for occupational reasons This should be arranged by their employers through their own occupational health department. |
N/A
| N/A
|
*Please note, these private services are additional services that GP surgeries offer and are not classed as urgent requests. We aim to action and complete private requests within 28 days, but due to increased demand on the NHS this may take longer*
DISCLAIMER
For some medical record/report requests we use a processor, iGPR Technologies Limited(“iGPR”), to assist us with responding to report requests relating to your patient data, such as subject access requests that you submit to us (or that someone acting on your behalf submits to us) and report requests that insurers submit to us under the Access to Medical Records Act 1988 in relation to a life insurance policy that you hold or that you are applying for. iGPR manages the reporting process for us by reviewing and responding to requests in accordance with our instructions and all applicable laws, including UK data protection laws. The instructions we issue to iGPR include general instructions on responding to requests and specific instructions on issues that will require further consultation with the GP responsible for your care.
See our Privacy Notice here for more information on how your data is processed.
