to think that my gp charging me £30 just to confirm that my daughter has a disability is wrong?

[Blossomhill]

My dd is starting horseriding and as she is registered as having a disability gets a £6 discount from my gp. So take said form along and they are going to charge me £30, which is 2 lessons to us. It just feels so wrong

sorry totally written that wrong. Need to get proof of her disability from gp so that we can get £6 discount for having a disability!

Can you not just show something from dla?

Yes it is wrong BTW YANBU.

can't one of her therapists sign it?

GPs are allowed to charge for things like this, but they dont have to, bloody greedyy IMO, can you speak to another doctor? did the doc say he will charge this, or the receptionist?

Are they charging for their time, that would be otherwise used by having an appointment? I would find out if this is the reason, make an appointment for something and then ask at the end of the appointment.

YANBU!! thats a scandal!! How long will it actually take to do it!! a minute probably!! thats a good money maker if they can get a few of those a week!! shocking!!

Well, it does seem a bit unfair, but actually I'd be more pissed off with the riding school. Is her disability visible? Or, if not I agree they should take some other proof of disability.

GPs do get asked a lot for confirmation of the bleedin' obvious. I asked for a refund of DD1s swimming lessons because she had a broken arm. The leisure centre said they would happily give a refund if I obtained a certificate from my GP. DD1 was standing there with her arm in plaster! I explained politely that I thought it was a bit ludicrous and fortunately they saw my point and refunded me.

I can understand GPs chaging for having to sign the 'fit for moddeling' forms, as the parent is going to make money from it, but not for this - crazy/unfair.

Does she not get DLA? Can her physio or OT not sign?

As medical proffessionals we are allowed to charge, but it is at our discretion wether we do (I rarely did). As you say it generally takes a couple of minutes.

My GP wants to charge me £95 to sign my form for registering as a childminder.
I think it's ridiculous that you have to pay though, you might even find that the GP just signs it and his receptionist actually fill it in!

bit much for probably 2 minutes of their time yanbu

I acn understand GP's charging for signing passports, but to confirm a disability is linked to her medical condition. You should be able to drop in the form and pick it up at the end of the day or something.

Unfortunately these days it seems that common sense is lost, so you need a GP letter to state you are fit to enter a Talent Show for example.
Hence overwhelmed GPs writing forms for everything.
TBH, why do the riding school require 'new' proof?
Surely they should be using what exisitng info you have?
Like chopchopbusybusy said, why on earth would you need a GP letter to state that her child had a broken arm when it was bleeding obvious.
Fit to go to the gym, fit to go sky diving, fit to go scuba diving , plus DLA forms,insurance forms.etc etc
We have lost common sense and I agree with OP, paying £30 to get £6 discount is proof of the crazy world