§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will list the scale of fees a general practitioner can charge in addition to salary for the issue of various medical certificates for his NHS patients.
§ Dr. OwenThere is no scale of fees. General practitioners are required by their terms of service to issue certain medical certificates specified in regulations without charge to their patients. Doctors are entitled to charge fees for other certificates required by patients, the amount of such fees being a matter between doctor and patient. I understand that the British Medical Association gives guidance to doctors on the level of fees regarded as reasonable for particular types of certificate.