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Fit to fly certificates in London, compared
This page compares five London options for a fit to fly certificate, including The Wellness, where a GMC registered doctor reviews your questionnaire and a 30 second video and signs the certificate the same day for £195, with no appointment needed, and a visa medical is £295.
Updated 23 October 2026
How much is a fit to fly certificate in London?
At The Wellness a GMC registered doctor signs a certificate written for your airline the same day, for £195, with no appointment needed. Elsewhere in London a fit to fly letter comes with a short GP appointment from £75 to about £110, and a medical from £150. We read each price on the provider's own website on 23 October 2026.
| Provider | Certificate | Published price | What the price includes | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wellness | Fit to fly, pregnancy, cruise and visa medical certificates | £195 a certificate, visa and expedition cruise medicals £295 | You upload a short questionnaire and a 30 second video, a GMC registered doctor reviews it, and the signed certificate arrives by email and text the same day, with a video consultation when one is needed. It covers pregnancy, recovery from illness, cruises, travel with medication and vaccine exemptions. | Online, or a walk in appointment at a partner clinic |
| Same Day Doctor | GP appointment and medicals | GP appointment about £100, medicals from £150 | Its price list names medicals from £150 and a fit for work letter at £150, and no fit to fly letter by name. | City of London |
| London Doctors Clinic | Medical assessment and certificate | about £110 | A 15 minute medical assessment and certificate with a registered doctor, in clinic or by video, with same day appointments at its clinics. | 16 clinics across London and the South East |
| DocTap | Fit to fly letter in a GP appointment | £75 on a weekday, £85 at the weekend | A 15 minute face to face GP appointment, with the letter at no extra fee and uploaded to your account within an hour. | Eight London clinics |
| Doctorcall | Fit to fly letter in a visiting GP consultation | Does not publish | Fit to fly letters are included in the consultation fee, with no extra charge, from a visiting GP service. | Across London, at your home, hotel or office |
We read each provider’s prices on its own website on 23 October 2026. The links to every page we read are at the end of this page.
How a fit to fly certificate at The Wellness works
You complete a short questionnaire and upload a 30 second video, with no appointment to wait for. A GMC registered doctor reviews it, arranges a video consultation when one is needed, and signs a certificate written for the reason your airline or cruise line asks, whether that is pregnancy, recovery from chickenpox, a medicine you carry or a vaccine you cannot have, for £195. It reaches you by email and text the same day. Visa medicals for Greece and France and a certificate of good health are £295, and an expedition cruise medical £295.
What you get at The Wellness
- A signed certificate the same day, £195, by email and text.
- A GMC registered doctor reviews your questionnaire and video, with a video consultation when one is needed.
- Visa medicals and a certificate of good health, £295.
- No appointment and no UK GP registration needed.
The evidence behind how we do it
At The Wellness a doctor sees you, explains what they find, writes down what happens next, and the same practice is there for anything that follows.
Results that nobody acts on are a known failure in outpatient care. A systematic review of 19 studies found that between 6.8% and 62% of laboratory results were not followed up, and missed results were linked to delayed diagnoses. Callen and colleagues, Failure to follow-up test results for ambulatory patients, a systematic review, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2012
Seeing the same doctor matters. A systematic review found 22 studies of continuity of doctor care and mortality, and 18 of them reported lower death rates when patients saw the same doctor more often. Pereira Gray and colleagues, Continuity of care with doctors, a matter of life and death? A systematic review of continuity of care and mortality, BMJ Open, 2018
Ask which certificate you need
Message us with your airline and why it asked, and a clinician will tell you which certificate fits. Messages are usually answered within minutes.
Ask a clinicianQuestions to ask before any fit to fly appointment
- Does my airline or cruise line have its own form?
- Will a doctor review my evidence, and examine me if it is needed?
- How soon will I have the signed letter?
- Does the price include the letter, or is it extra?
How to read a fit to fly price
Check whether the letter is included, because some clinics charge for the appointment and the letter separately.
Check what your airline needs, because a pregnancy or illness letter asks more of the doctor than a general one.
What the guidance says
After 28 weeks of pregnancy your airline may ask for a letter from your midwife or doctor that gives your due date and confirms you are healthy and the pregnancy is uncomplicated. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Air travel and pregnancy, patient information
Some airlines have their own forms, which may need completing at any stage of pregnancy. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Air travel and pregnancy, patient information
Warning signs at any provider
- A letter offered with no doctor reviewing your evidence.
- No GMC number on the signed certificate.
- A price that does not say whether the letter is included.
What else people ask
At the five providers on this page, a fit to fly letter costs from £75 at DocTap to about £110 at London Doctors Clinic where it comes with a short GP appointment. At The Wellness a certificate is £195 and a visa medical £295. We read each price on the provider's own website on 23 October 2026.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says that after 28 weeks your airline may ask for a letter from your midwife or doctor confirming your due date and that the pregnancy is uncomplicated. Some airlines have their own forms.
Yes. At The Wellness a doctor reviews your evidence and the signed certificate reaches you by email and text the same day. DocTap uploads its letter within an hour of the appointment.
Yes. You do not need to be registered with a UK doctor, and the certificate is signed by a GMC registered doctor and sent to you by email the same day.
Where each figure and finding comes from
- The Wellness, thewellnesslondon.com/services/fit-to-fly
- Same Day Doctor, city.samedaydoctor.org/prices, read 23 October 2026
- London Doctors Clinic, londondoctorsclinic.co.uk/services/certificates-medicals/fit-to-fly-certificates-and-letters, read 23 October 2026
- DocTap, doctap.co.uk/letters/fit-to-fly-letters, read 23 October 2026
- Doctorcall, doctorcall.co.uk/services/doctors-letter, read 23 October 2026
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Air travel and pregnancy, patient information
Written and reviewed by the clinical team at The Wellness. Last reviewed Medically reviewed by Dr Sofian Youssef, GMC 7713973
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