Non NHS Services

The NHS provides free health care for most people.

It is important to understand that GPs are self employed and not all of the services we provide are covered by the NHS payments to the practice.

Please expect a fee for non NHS services. The staff or your doctor should inform of any charges before carrying out non NHS work.

The NHS does not pay for some of our services, please see below for the charges applicable to the services we offer:

* indicates the actual fee dependant on level of complexity and time required to complete. You will be informed prior to completion if the fee changes

We will no longer be taking on shared care with private providers, including those for ADHD and transgender care.

Shared care is a process whereby responsibility for a patient's medication is shared between a GP and consultant. In such a situation, the consultant will assess a patient's suitability for the medication, perform any necessary baseline investigations and counsel the patient fully on the medication, before prescribing the medication and adjusting the dose until the patient is stable.

Once the patient is stable, the consultant then writes to the GP to ask them to consider shared care. If the GP accepts, they then take over the prescribing and monitoring of the patient, notifying the consultant should any problems arise. The patient must remain under the care of the consultant. For shared care to be valid, there must also be a written agreement on the duties and responsibilities of each party.

The whole process of shared care is to facilitate appropriate clinical oversight and to maintain patient safety, all in the patient's best interests.

Having said the above, it must be noted that shared care is entirely voluntary for GPs and GPs are NOT obliged to enter into shared care, for whatever reason.