Collaborative arrangements require primary care organisations to provide certain medical services to local authorities to enable the local authorities to carry out their responsibilities in education, social services and public health. These are not services you are able to charge your patient for but can claim a fee via the collaborative arrangements. The list of items covered under collaborative agreements is not exhaustive and if practices are receiving requests to provide medical information that should fall under a collaborative arrangement fee please discuss this with the ICB or LMC.
When asked to provide medical information under collaborative arrangements practices should always ensure appropriate consent has been received.
There are no nationally agreed fees for collaborative arrangement work and therefore practices can set their own reasonable fees. When setting your fees, practices should consider the following:
- How long has the task taken in total (for example consultations, any tests, referrals etc, administrative time).
- Any costs incurred (for example, postage, printing, travel etc).
A claim form for practices to complete is above
The BMA has extensive information on setting fees:
- What services GP practices can and cannot charge for
- What to charge your patients: guide for GPs
- What to consider when setting your own fees
- Fee calculator (requires BMA member login)
- Certificates GPs cannot charge fees for