Have You Had To Pay For Anything At Your Doctors

[emmie]

i need a letter from the doctor to complete a form and they want to charge me
£25 quid, kindly telling me that i can have the payment taken over the phone.
I am not sure i can proceed as this has taken months so far. It is important
to a degree, should i just bite the bullet and pay,

[Jackdaw33]

Any service outside the NHS they can charge for.

[hc4361]

Yes, there are lots of services that GPs charge for, it's standard practice

[anneasquith]

If the letter is important, pay.

[woofgang]

https://www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/fees/why-gps-charge-fees

[Islay]

Never been charged at my dr's and they have written me several letters, are also providing prescriptions for me following my op even though Iwent private!

[emmie]

i was stunned when they told me, however will see what the doctor says when she gets my message, she may wish to waive the fee.
thanks for the link, very informative.

[Eleena]

Hi emmie, yes, my medical history.

[maggiebee]

Although everyone in Scotland gets free prescriptions, you do have to pay for any "jags" needed to travel abroad.

[emmie]

maggie, what are jags, jabs do you mean?

[maggiebee]

Might be "jabs" in England emmie, but they are "jags" in Scotland.

[wolf63]

I usually say "jags".

I have had to pay for a form to filled at doctor. I paid £30 and that was 10+years ago.

[aelmpvw]

luxury cars round my parts

[emmie]

maggie, i will remember that in future. I just had a jag or two, taking blood to make sure my medication is ok for me to continue.

[steg]

Jags fae a jaggy needle

[maggiebee]

A rose by any other name emmie - expensive whatever way you look at it.

[emmie]

maggie, i think so, not only that they wanted me to fill in yet another form 10 pages long, including your ethnicity, sexuality ad nauseum, which i have found to be bloody ridiculous.

[Jackdaw33]

The fee for signing cremation forms is known within the profession as 'Ash Cash''.

[emmie]

if they don't have that info on file already then i'm afraid it might be time to change the practice.

[Georgiesmum]

Yes, its normal practice. My brother recently paid £30 for a form to be signed by his doctor. I believe it was for for a passport.