Question follow-through · 50700
General Practitioners: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of waiving fees charged by GP surgeries for (a) medical evidence letters, (b) certificates and (c) reports that are required by HM Pa
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of waiving fees charged by GP surgeries for (a) medical evidence letters, (b) certificates and (c) reports that are required by HM Pa
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
There are some medical evidence letters, certificates, or reports that general practices (GPs) may charge for, and others that they must not charge patients for. The legislation that sets this out is the General Medical Services and Personal Medical Servi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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