Cost of GP medical checks???

[slider]

£220 but used Medcert

 

[Dalua]

It's not a 'medical check', it's a 'notes check'.

 

[North Wales Shooter]

£18 and less than1week turnaround

 

[Swedish]

£130 at my local GP. They said they'd at first "made a practice decision on principle" not to to do it. Then come the time I requested my medical records they said they now would do them,. For £130. To which I commented that I was pleased that they didn't sell their virtues cheap.

Its disgusting isn't it? To paraphrase Groucho; "We have our principles but if you pay us enough we have some more"

 

[Liveonce]

But then once you have paid and the Police request the GP places the marker on your medical records then you never have to pay again ……… oh but the process does not work so you need to pay again and again every five years for the one day MOT GP report. But fear not the ten year certificate was what we sold out for.

 

[richard griffith]

This has probably been done time and time again but curious on what different areas are charging for this service?

Father in law had his done in the next village over for £60, whilst ours is £100.

Seems crazy that there obviously isn’t a structured way of pricing this but making it up.

I understand this is done for public safety but overall for what work actually is entailed in this process seems ridiculous for this amount, opposed to what the firearms dept. do for the same fee. And in some instances a significant amount less !

I feel this would be an awful lot fairer for government to regulate the costs of this and to charge more for the firearms dept. to do the work they do.

Don’t get me wrong , I’d rather neither charged anymore!!

Just curious on others experiences.

£104 cash only!Wonder why

 

[Jh1986]

Over £80 when I did my SGC and took 3-4 weeks. £36-37 when I did my FAC and took about a week

 

[duff eyed doyle]

£30 and turned round in less than a week. cheaper than I expected.

 

[big ears]

Its disgusting isn't it? To paraphrase Groucho; "We have our principles but if you pay us enough we have some more"

So a plumber has a £100 call out fee and that’s OK but a fully qualified doctor doing work outside of the NHS (I.e. private work) cannot charge £130.
Interesting perspective on what people are worth you have.

 

[Liveonce]

So a plumber has a £100 call out fee and that’s OK but a fully qualified doctor doing work outside of the NHS (I.e. private work) cannot charge £130.
Interesting perspective on what people are worth you have.

who said a £100 call out fee for a plumber was ok? day light robbery me thinks

 

[Bandit Country]

So a plumber has a £100 call out fee and that’s OK but a fully qualified doctor doing work outside of the NHS (I.e. private work) cannot charge £130.
Interesting perspective on what people are worth you have.

Apples and oranges comparison ... and I note the plumber in your statement lacks the "fully qualified" description. The input from your 'fully qualified' doctor is what? Five minutes reading a computer screen and ten seconds writing with a biro?

It's context isn't it? If my house is being flooded from a burst pipe then a plumber (hopefully, fully qualified?) is worth more to me than a doctor. If I'm having a heart attack then quite obviously I'm going to want a paramedic!

 

[reiver]

£19 inc p&p from my dr

 

[Eddie P]

Apples and oranges comparison ... and I note the plumber in your statement lacks the "fully qualified" description. The input from your 'fully qualified' doctor is what? Five minutes reading a computer screen and ten seconds writing with a biro?

It's context isn't it? If my house is being flooded from a burst pipe then a plumber (hopefully, fully qualified?) is worth more to me than a doctor. If I'm having a heart attack then quite obviously I'm going to want a paramedic!

You're going to want a Dr, paramedics won't insert a stent!

 

[Swedish]

So a plumber has a £100 call out fee and that’s OK but a fully qualified doctor doing work outside of the NHS (I.e. private work) cannot charge £130.
Interesting perspective on what people are worth you have.

My point is that they agreed in principle as a practice not to get involved then when it appeared that someone else would do it for a fee they had a sudden change of 'principles'. Also I would add that I don't fund AA Aardvark plumbing routinely through my taxes but I do fund the local GP surgery so for what amounts to a few minutes of light admin I would expect a service for a reasonable fee. £30 perhaps.

 

[labrador77]

£30 for mine last month, I was expecting a lot more to be honest. Took them around three weeks to turn it around.

 

[kenbro]

£20 for mine and i know another member our gun club who was charged £50 at same practise.
Think he boobed because he took his SG one in a couple weeks later and got charged another 50!
This Manc. area.
Ken.

 

[Tallguy]

At least you have GP’s that will complete the forms…..

 

[Bandit Country]

You're going to want a Dr, paramedics won't insert a stent!

Yep, and I'm pretty certain my local GP isn't inserting stents at the surgery? I'm guessing the odds of me having a random heart attack in a hospital operating theatre (unless I'm already under the knife) will be almost zero? The chances of there being a qualified doctor, complete with stent and all the gubbins, at the location where I have a heart attack is also almost zero (and I'm guessing they wouldn't want to be doing the deed at the side of the road?). What I need in an out of hospital medical emergency is someone with the kit and skill to keep me alive until I can get to hospital. That will be a fully tooled up paramedic, ECP or similar.

As I wrote, it's all about context.

 

[Bandit Country]

Back on topic, my last renewal was £44.48 with a 24 hour turnaround. I did ask how they arrived a such a sum, but no one could tell me.

 

[durno99]

i have just paid £50 for my own medical records for my application