Fees paid to medical practitioners for work outside the NHS
OM 2009/13
Author unit / section: MADBIR
Target audience: Heads of Specialist Groups [Band 1], All EMAS Staff, Administration Managers [Band 4]
Purpose
1 The fees paid to medical practitioners for work carried out at the request of EMAS have been increased in line with inflation.
2 The increases are effective from 1 April 2009 and the new rates are detailed at the appendix. Administrative staff should check that claims for work done by other medical practitioners [ie Fee-for-service doctors - OM 2008/11 refers] are paid at the correct rate.
3 If you have any queries in relation to the revised fees, contact 8th Floor, 1 Hagley Road, Birmingham Office.
Cancellation of instructions
4 OM 2008/06- Cancel and destroy.
Date first issued: 01/04/2008
Appendix - [para 2] Fees paid to medical practitioners for work outside the NHS
| Consultation Type | Fee payable from 01/04/2008 | |
|---|---|---|
| A: X-ray examination and report |
Extremities (one area); spine (one area)} Pelvis; mandible; teeth (restricted area)} Salivary glands; chest (simple routine)} Abdomen (plain); gall bladder (plain)} Foreign body demonstration}} |
£96.50 |
| First 10 X rays Group 1 | £92.00 | |
| 11th and subsequent X rays | £68.50 | |
| B: Pathology examinations |
For each of the first 4 examinations | £55.00 |
| For each of the 5th to 15th examinations | £40.50 | |
| For each examination over the 15th | £27.00 | |
| C: Extracts from medical records |
Consultant [per hour] | £41.50 |
| GP | £37.50 | |
| D: Report |
Consultant [45 minutes] | £126.50 |
| GP [report on proforma - 20 minutes] | £51.00 | |
| GP [written report - 30 minutes] | £73.00 | |
| E: Payment by time per session [3.0 hours] |
Consultant | £334.50 |
| GP [out of surgery] | £217.50 | |
| Payment per hour | Consultant | £198.00 |
| GP [out of surgery] | £73.00 |