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<p>Under the terms of their contracts, as set out in National Health Service (General
Medical Services (GMS) Contracts) and (Personal Medical Services (PMS) Agreements)
Regulations 2015), general practitioners (GPs) must provide medical certificates to
prove incapacity to work free of charge and cannot charge their registered patients
for anything other than specific items as set out in the PMS Regulations. This includes
some letters and medical reports, such as private sick notes or immunisations in connection
with travel abroad.</p><p> </p><p>GPs must provide these statements of incapacity
to professionals working for the Health Assessment Advisory Service (part of the Department
for Work and Pensions) when requested. If other statutory bodies are requesting this
information to support a benefits claim, GPs are entitled to charge for this information,
but the body requesting it must pay this charge rather than the patient.</p>
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