Requesting a Doctors Letter

Doctors Letters and Reports

Please contact us via the Online Request Tool. if you have a request for a letter from a doctor. 

This will be assessed by a doctor and they will contact you. 

Please bring reports you require a doctor to complete to the reception desk. These are passed to doctors when they have availability to complete. 

 

 

Private Work Fees

 

Most of the services offered by the practice are free under the NHS. Some services are not covered under the NHS and for these our GP’s, like other professionals, charge a fee.

The fee will reflect both the doctor’s time to carry out the service and the doctor’s professional opinion. It may also include the cost of, secretarial support, stationery and consumables.

Examples of non-NHS services for which GPs can charge other institutions are

  • Medical reports for an insurance company
  • Some reports for the DSS/Benefits agency
  • Examinations of local authority employees

Requests for Non-Medical Capacity Assessments

 

Patients sometimes approach our GPs asking them to provide capacity assessments for non-medical matters, such as financial lasting power of attorney, assessing capacity to change a will or other financial capacity assessments. Doctors are not trained or indemnified to provide assessments like this. They should only be conducted by professionals with the appropriate expertise and qualifications in legal and financial matters.

If you or a family member require a non-medical capacity assessment like this please contact a solicitor or other qualified professional directly to seek advice.  Our GPs will only assess capacity which is related to medical treatment and healthcare as part of their clinicial duties.

Page last reviewed: 28 September 2025
Page created: 28 September 2025