A registered medical professional/registered nurse must complete and return the BASRiS form and the BASRiS Payment form to be able to claim a fee.
You can only claim a fee for a BASRiS form that has been submitted to Social Security Scotland along with the BASRiS Payment form.
The BASRiS form and the BASRiS Payment form do not need to be submitted at the same time.
A fee isn’t paid for a ‘verbal BASRiS’ that is submitted over the phone.
You must follow up a ‘verbal BASRiS’ by a webform, PDF or paper BASRiS form.
You must submit the BASRiS form, confirming the verbal BASRiS, within 28 days of your phone call.
You’ll receive a letter requesting a signed BASRiS form, if you’ve not submitted it within 28 days of phone call.
You can complete a BASRiS Payment web form here: https://basris.socialsecurity.gov.scot/
On the home page, you will be asked which form you wish to complete. Select BASRiS Payment web form.
You can download an editable BASRiS Fee form.
You should email completed editable BASRiS Payment forms to the addresses below:
You can do this at the same time you email an editable BASRiS form, or after.
Don’t worry if you submit forms to the wrong email address. We will re-route these internally.
We can only accept PDF BASRiS forms and BASRiS Payment forms that have been completed digitally and submitted via email. Do not complete these by hand, or post these.
You must send us a completed pdf BASRiS Payment form from an approved email address/domain name that is on our ‘allow list’.
Accepted domain addresses can be found on our Requesting a BASRiS form guidance within the editable pdf dropdown section.
Stakeholders who are not on our allow list will receive an automatic reply telling them their email has been rejected.
Stakeholders on our allow list will receive an email acknowledgement when we receive the email.
If you do not receive an acknowledgement, please check your junk email to make sure your email has not been rejected.
If you wish to complete a BASRiS form or BASRiS Payment form by hand, these need to be submitted via post. Please use the paper forms.
If you wish to fill out a paper form, you'll need to follow the guidance on Request a paper BASRiS form.
Your BASRiS Payment form claim will show on your remittance advice from the Scottish Government.
This document contains the date of the claim, the reference number for the claim and the BASRiS fee amount paid.
The reference number comprises of the GMC ID (6 digits), Patient CHI Number (10 digits) and the claim date (year-month-day).