You may be happy to learn that you can claim relocation fees if you are a GP Registrar and moving home. The NHS doesn't make it easy to find out how to do this... so we thought we would help you. If anyone knows of any other ways of claiming money back from then please email us using our contact form.
Click here to view the NHS Pay and Negotiations website, then click on "GPR directions Schedules 1 and 2 (November 2007)" to read the GPR contract
The main areas in which you can claim are:
1. Expenses of Home Purchase and House Sale (p14) which include
Solicitors fees
Stamp duty
Land registration fees
Incidental legal expenses
Private survey fees
Electrical wiring test
Drains test
Abandoned Purchase
2. Expenses During Search for Accommodation (p 11)
3. Excess Daily Travelling Expenses
4. Miscellaneous Expenses Grant (p 16)- listed below is a few of the items that
you can claim if you are moving home (and ...yes.. you can even claim for piano
tuning!
Installation of TV aerial
Plumbing in a washing machine
Connection of cooker
Piano tuning!
5.Payment of rent of unoccupied property (p 18)
Have a good read through the documents on the NHS Employers website as the amounts that you can claim may be quite substantial