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Old 24th Jul 2012, 19:12
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BEagle
 
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I have a lapsed NPPL SSEA and approached my GP for a new medical declaration to be signed so that I could get current again.

She advised it should be £83.50 but she will do it for £60 which seems excessive for a signature and practice stamp to say I am fit enough to drive an HGV/PSV. Admittadly when the original was done in 2003 she charged me £20 so inflation takes effect.

I am 59 and she wants a urine sample and to check my blood pressure so is that whats costing so much?
I suspect the urine and BP thing is yet another practice wheeze to score 'performance indicator' points so that they can extract more money from the NHS. There is NO standard price for simple biro time....

Unless you have some medical condition, her price is absurd - she is indeed extracting the urine!
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