Fees for part-time medical services
December 2004
List of prescribed medical certificates for NHS GPs (England and Wales) for which fees may not be charged
1. Description of medical certificate:
To support a claim or to obtain payment either personally or by proxy; to prove inability to work or incapacity for self-support for the purposes of an award by the Secretary of State; or to enable proxy to draw pensions, etc.
Short title of enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required:
Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865
Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917
Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939
Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939
Pensions Act (Mercantile Marine) 1942
Polish Resettlement Act 1947
Social Security Administration Act 1992
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
Social Security Act 1998
2. Description of medical certificate:
To establish pregnancy for the purpose of obtaining welfare foods.
Short title of enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required:
Section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988
3. Description of medical certificate:
To secure registration of still-birth.
Short title of enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required:
Section 11 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
4. Description of medical certificate:
To enable payment to be made to an institution or other person in case of mental disorder of persons entitled to payment from public funds.
Short title of enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required:
Section 142 of the Mental Health Act 1983
5. Description of medical certificate:
To establish unfitness for jury service.
Short title of enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required:
Juries Act 1974
6. Description of medical certificate:
To support late application for reinstatement in civil employment or notification of non-availability to take up employment, owing to sickness.
Short title of enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required:
Reserve Forces (Safeguarding of Employment) Act 1985
7. Description of medical certificate:
To enable a person to be registered as an absent voter on grounds of physical incapacity.
Short title of enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required:
Representation of the People Act 1983
8. Description of medical certificate:
To support application for certificates conferring exemption from charges in respect of drugs, medicines and appliances.
Short title of enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required:
National Health Service Act 1977
9. Description of medical certificate:
To support a claim by or on behalf of a severely mentally impaired person for expemption from liability to pay the council tax or eligibility for a discount in respect of the amount of council tax payable.
Short title of enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required:
Local Government Finance Act 1992
Note: This list is taken from column 1, schedule 4 of the NHS (General Medical Services) Regulations 2004.