View Full Version : Yay my Health Dec Form has been reduced!!
Jen4Kids
21-01-2009, 11:21 AM
By, guess how much?? Yes wait for it ....... £2.00 :laughing: :laughing:
They now only want £82.00 for it :angry: :angry: :angry:
So i smiled sweetly and walked away, and now need to juggle some finances round :mad:
LOOPYLISA
21-01-2009, 11:23 AM
I think its discusting wat they can charge, mine was £45 and i thought that was bad enough, i have heard people paying as much as £100 ! x
Annie_T
21-01-2009, 12:36 PM
thats still lot money ... why cant all doctors charge one fee instead of having their own fees
i paid £25 - why cant others charge this (or even better bit less) instead its all over the place where ever you go - annoying
hope you can sort things to pay for it hun xx
sarah707
21-01-2009, 12:37 PM
At least you seem to be keeping your sense of humour about it all! :D
misst104
21-01-2009, 12:40 PM
I totally agree. Its an outrageous amount of money. Dread to think what our doctor will charge. They seem to charge more than any others for things in my past experience so £100 plus here I come :mad:
Jo x x x
p.s Does your early years team subside it? Am sure that we were told they would pay up to a certain amount towards the cost of health dec. (can't remember amount though). Might be worth checking ?
marian
21-01-2009, 12:56 PM
I don't know how some GP's come up with how much to charge...
Think of a number - double it -then treble it:rolleyes:
Marian x
misst104
21-01-2009, 12:58 PM
I don't know how some GP's come up with how much to charge...
Think of a number - double it -then treble it:rolleyes:
Marian x
Then Double it again just for good measure :mad:
Jo x x
marion123
21-01-2009, 01:01 PM
i agree that is alot of money
Chrissy B
21-01-2009, 01:03 PM
It's certainly not fair or right. I'm dreading finding out how much my doctor is going to charge me. They've asked me to bring in the forms and then they'll say lol i haven't got them yet. :)
jibberjitz
21-01-2009, 01:57 PM
Yikes thats a LOT of money - how can they get away with charging so much!?!:angry:
Liz
jibberjitz
21-01-2009, 01:58 PM
Then Double it again just for good measure :mad:
Jo x x
Its Bl**dy stupid, all for a bit of paper!!!!:eek: :angry: :eek:
Liz
childmind04
21-01-2009, 06:18 PM
That ridiculus for what they actually do, read it and sign it!!!
:mad:
SimplyLucy
21-01-2009, 06:57 PM
Blimey I didn't realise people had to pay for them.
My GP did mine for nothing, and he had to fill in an extra form!
By, guess how much?? Yes wait for it ....... £2.00 :laughing: :laughing:
They now only want £82.00 for it :angry: :angry: :angry:
So i smiled sweetly and walked away, and now need to juggle some finances round :mad:
Hadto read that twice as I thought I read it went down TO £2 lol they do charge a lot for 1 min work!!!..I paid £50
jayne191284
21-01-2009, 08:58 PM
I paid £5 and my friend paid nothing.
I was so worried they were going to charge more. As i just cant affored it
x
Tatjana
22-01-2009, 06:08 PM
When i complained about mine, £74, they informed me that actually it had increased to £84, but they wouldn't charge me the extra!!!:angry:
It's disgusting charging so much money for so little effort.
Chrissy B
22-01-2009, 09:30 PM
What area are you in? Anyone know any charges in liverpool?
Minstrel
22-01-2009, 09:37 PM
unfortunatly its not a set price. it seems each doc can charge what they like! sorry thats no help at all is it!
miffy
22-01-2009, 09:41 PM
By, guess how much?? Yes wait for it ....... £2.00 :laughing: :laughing:
They now only want £82.00 for it :angry: :angry: :angry:
So i smiled sweetly and walked away, and now need to juggle some finances round :mad:
My goodness how did they decide on such a huge reduction :rolleyes:
That is so disgusting - can't you make an appointment to see the GP and shame him/her into reducing it to a reasonable cost
Miffy xx
Minstrel
23-01-2009, 01:35 PM
after reading all your stories about how much you've paid i decided to wait until today -payday- before dropping mine in. Luckily, its only £15. I nearly said "Is that all?" when she said but i refrained incase she changed her mind!
I think its awful that they get away charging so much. And then when they use a childminder they are usually the ones who want to negoitiate fees! Absurd!
Donkey
23-01-2009, 01:42 PM
Its classed as a private service, so unfortunatley they charge what they want
I was lucky and paid £20, I was expecting £70 as the gp said that it would be the same cost as filling in a private fit for work thing, which it is and isnt really.
I would def make an apt to speak to your gp, say that you are setting up as a childminder and that you are paying and not some private day nursery, then ask them if they have kids and offer them a 10p per hour reduction :p
you never know :D
Jen4Kids
24-01-2009, 03:44 PM
Hi again :)
Ive finally spoken to my support lady who i had my intro meeting with and she suggested i pick a doctor who has children and give them a sob story about not working (which im not) and that i couldnt possibly afford to pay the cost :thumbsup: So im going to give it a go next week - wish me luck :littleangel:
Dotty
24-01-2009, 03:52 PM
that's ridiculous charging so much for a quick look at your records!! - which they would do if you went to see them anyway!!
I thought mine would charge £25 - for me and my hubby who is also registered. The doc rang us and send she would send the forms off and my hubby asked her nicely how much we owed her and how we would get it to her and she said that we didn't owe her anything.
Perhaps it was how he spoke to her!!!!!
:D