Salford Primary Care Together is committed to supporting our patients. All requests for letters for benefits, council or any other third parties, will only be completed with a formal request from the third party. Please note all requests from the third party will require the patient’s formal consent. We will only complete factual responses, we are not allowed to give an opinion. If in doubt we will refuse to complete the request and may issue a copy of medical records instead with your consent. Please be aware that any requests for copies of records can take up to 28 days.
Housing applications
If you are intending to apply for a council home for health reasons, you do not need a doctor’s letter. The Council will write, in confidence, to your doctor if further information is required..
GPs receive frequent requests for medical letters and reports in support of housing applications from a variety of sources – the local authority, housing associations and via Citizens Advice Bureaux. Information in support of an application based on health grounds should be supplied by the applicant using a form provided by the Housing Department (self-assessment). This should not require any input from the GP/practice. Only if additional information is required, should the Housing Department Medical Officer obtain it from the applicant’s doctor, preferably using a standard form, provided the patient has given written consent. The Medical Officer should seek information which is only available to the GP, for example:
- the diagnosis
- severity of the illness
- medication
| Private prescription | £30.00 |
| Holiday cancellation forms | £60.00 |
| Small report from patient | From £30.00 |
| Large report from patient from | £60.00 |
| Small report from insurance company | £100.00 |
| Larger report from insurance company | £130.00 |
| Hgv medical | £165.00 |
| Lgv medical | £165.00 |
| Taxi medical | £165.00 |
| Dvla health report | £100.00 |
| Dvla medical and health report | £165.00 |
| Private miscellaneous letters | From £20.00 |
| Shotgun forms | £60.00 |
| Adoption/fostering medical forms | £165.00 |
| Fostering review forms | £165.00 |
| Bus pass | £45.00 |
| Please note we no longer do the following forms private sick notes signing of driving licence photographs signing of passport photographs fit to………….letters vaccination records university/college/school report child minder forms housing information for council occupational health hr letters for pip |
Under no circumstances will the doctors provide documentation to support:
- Missed court/probation, community service appointments
- Certificates to confirm an individual’s fitness to take part in any sporting activity or exercise