To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in what circumstances are General Practices unable to charge a fee for the issuing of letters confirming an individual's health condition.
Answered on
7 November 2022
The circumstances in which general practices must not charge for issuing medical certificates confirming an individual’s health condition are set out in Schedule 2 of the National Health Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 and Schedule 1 of the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015. The inclusion of a medical certificate in this Schedule is subject to consultation with the British Medical Association’s general practitioners committee.