General Dental Council Annual Retention Fee: £890 for dentists and £116 for dental care professionals. The fee must be paid as one lump sum but can be paid by direct debit
General Medical Council Annual Retention Fee: £425 for most doctors, but there are various discounts for newly qualified doctors, refugee doctors, doctors who have been on the register for more than five years, and doctors whose income is below a specified income threshold who can have a 50% discount. Fees can be paid in monthly or quarterly instalments
Nursing and Midwifery Council Annual Registration Fee: £120 which can be paid annually or in four £30 quarterly instalments for nurses and midwives
Health and Care Professions Council Renewal Registration Fee: £180 for two years registration (£90 annually) but newly qualified registrants receive a 50% discount for the first two years after qualifying. Payments can be made by direct debit
General Pharmaceutical Council Registration Renewal Fee: £250 for pharmacists, £118 for pharmacy technicians and £241 for registered pharmacies. Payments can be made annually or quarterly by direct debit
General Osteopathic Council Annual Registration Fee: £320 for the person's first year and then rises to £430 for their second year practising (with a reduced rate of £215 available if they are registered but not practising). The fee then rises to £570 for third year practising (with a reduced rate of £320 available). Registrants can pay their fees in a lump sum or by 10 monthly instalments by direct debit
General Optical Council Annual Registration Renewal Fee: £340. A low income fee of £240 is available for individual profession registrants whose gross personal annual income from all sources is less than £12,000. The fee must be paid in one lump sum, but can be paid by direct debit.
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Current registration fees comparison between regulators. Br Dent J 225, 211 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2018.671
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