There is provision in the terms and conditions of service for NHS Doctors and Dentists in Training (England) for additional mileage/expenses for doctors working in GP practices. This provision allowed doctors working in GP practices to be reimbursed for certain travel costs where they may be required to use their personal vehicle for home visits.
Schedule 11 para 16 within the T&Cs states:
Doctors working in a GP practice setting who are required to use their own vehicle on the expectation that home visits may be required to be undertaken shall be reimbursed for the cost of mileage from home to principal place of work, and any associated allowances.
Eligibility Criteria
- The provision is restricted to doctors working in GP practice(s) who are required to use their own vehicle for home visits when working is a GP placement only.
- Claims under this provision can be made where there is a clearly defined expectation that a home visit will be undertaken which should be reflected in the personalised work schedule
- The claim will cover the cost of home to place of work and return journey
- The reserve rate will apply
- On days where doctors working in a GP Practice are not expected to undertake home visits, they will need to determine their eligibility for excess mileage against the Relocation and Associated Expenses Policy.
- No deduction of normal commuting costs from value of mileage of claims. As such, reimbursement of claims will be treated as a taxable benefit.
Note: We will reimburse cost of mileage and associated expenses for an average of three days a week during the reference period/rotation. A Practice may reimburse resident doctors if they wish them to undertake more than the three-day home visit average.
Submission and Processing of Claims
The following process has been agreed with the Lead Employers for the processing of claims:
- Doctors eligible under this provision will complete the ‘GP Home Visit Mileage’ claim form associated with their Lead Employer
- The claim form must be completed in full and submitted monthly to a nominated individual within the GP Practice (Practice Manager, GP trainee supervisor or other member with delegated authority) to validate the claim.
- Once the nominated individual within the practice has validated the claim, they will send the form to the Lead Employer for reimbursement to the GP trainee.
- Claims must be submitted monthly and received by the Lead Employer within three months from the last day of the claim period.
The Lead Employer contact details and the South West Claim Form can be accessed below:
Employer Contact Details
The Contact details for your employing Trust, including the email address to which you should submit your claim forms are listed below.
| Employing Trust | Relocation E-Mail Address |
| Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust | rch-tr.juniordoctors@nhs.net |
| Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Barnstaple) | rduh.medicalstaffing@nhs.net |
| Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Exeter) | rduh.relocationexpenses@nhs.net |
| Torbay and South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | sdhct.Medicalhr@nhs.net |
| University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | plh-tr.DoctorsRelocation@nhs.net |
| Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Gloucester, Swindon Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | ghn-tr.gptrainee@nhs.net |