HC Deb 17 January 1994 vol 235 c389W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is required on the form on which general practitioners claim night fees.

Dr. Mawhinney

The Department of Health has issued a model form for completion by general practitioners claiming night visit fees. However, individual family health services authorities are free to amend this form to ask for additional information if they The model form asks for details of the GP making the visit, including FHSA code number, and his or her relationship to the patient's own GP; the patient's personal details, including national health service number and date of birth; place of attendance; and confirmation that the visit was requested and made between the hours of 10pm and 8am; additionally, if more than one patient was seen on the same visit to one place, details for each patient are requested.