Adoption and fostering medical.
The health assessment for prospective adopters and foster carers, completed on the agency's form.
School, care and adoption
- A doctor every time
- Today, every day.
What's involved
The doctor reviews your medical history, examines you, and assesses your physical and mental fitness to care for a child, completing the adoption or fostering agency's form. The assessment is thorough and objective, as the agency needs a full picture.
Good to know
Agencies usually require your full GP records, so bring your GP summary from the NHS App, or arrange for your records to be available, before your appointment. Bring the agency's exact form.
Adoption and fostering medical at a glance
Who it is for
- Prospective adopters and foster carers going through an agency assessment
What the doctor checks
- Full medical history, examination, and physical and mental fitness to care for a child
Records
- Agencies usually require your full GP records; bring your GP summary from the NHS App
Turnaround
- Depends on records; the doctor confirms timing at the appointment
The form
- Your adoption or fostering agency's own medical form
| Who it is for | Prospective adopters and foster carers going through an agency assessment |
| What the doctor checks | Full medical history, examination, and physical and mental fitness to care for a child |
| Records | Agencies usually require your full GP records; bring your GP summary from the NHS App |
| Turnaround | Depends on records; the doctor confirms timing at the appointment |
| The form | Your adoption or fostering agency's own medical form |
What to bring
Bring your agency's form, your GP summary from the NHS App, a list of your medicines, and photo ID.
Pricing
£120 for a 15-minute consultation and certificate. Any tests or drug screening are an additional charge, confirmed with you at the consultation before anything is sent. You pay after your consultation in person; video and phone consultations are paid at booking.
Adopting or fostering?
Today, every day. Begin your consultation online, or book a slot and see a doctor in person, by video, or by phone.
See all our medicals and certificates at /clinic/medicals-and-certificates.