Non-NHS Services

Private Work Fees

Our prime responsibility is for the health of our patients within NHS terms.

Sometimes our patients request services or completion of paperwork which are not covered by the NHS and therefore may be chargeable.

The fees for these non-NHS services will be made available on request at the time of submitting the paperwork or requesting the service.

We will help where we can but sometimes, we are asked to complete paperwork which sits outside our professional capabilities or indemnity.

Examples of this include but are not limited to:

Fit to fly or travel
Fit to participate in a sporting event or activity
Passport verifications

If you are not sure if your paperwork is suitable for a GP to complete, please contact our secretaries office and if we are not able to complete your paperwork we will return it without charge.

Please also note if we are asked to complete paperwork and do so, the fee remains payable irrespective of the outcome of the report.

These are for both Carterknowle and Dore surgeries, and include:

Pre-employment medicals
Private insurance claims
Fitness to drive
Westfield forms

The partners at Carterknowle & Dore Medical Practice are not in a position to sign Westfield forms sanctioning chiropractor & Osteopath treatments as this is not a form of management that we routinely recommend. Acupuncture requests are reviewed on a case by case basis. Whilst we recognise that some patients feel they benefit from chiropractor treatment, we are not assured of its effectiveness or that it is free from risk of injury or inappropriate exposure to X-rays.

We therefore leave it to the discretion of Westfield as to whether they fund the course of chiropractic treatment the patient has undertaken at their own discretion.