Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how much each professional membership body in the health and social care sector has increased its mandatory registration fee by in the last year.
The annual registrant fee levels for the nine professional health regulators at 1 July 2014, and at 1 July 2015, are shown below:
Regulator | Fee at 1 July 2014 (£) | Fee at 1 July 2015 (£) | % change |
Nursing and Midwifery Council | 100 | 120 | 20.0 |
Health and Care Professions Council | 80 | 90 | 12.5 |
General Medical Council | 390 | 420 | 7.7 |
General Optical Council | 290 | 310 | 6.9 |
General Osteopathic Council | 570 | 570 | 0.0 |
General Dental Council | 576 | 890 | 54.5 |
General Pharmaceutical Council | 240 | 250 | 4.2 |
Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland | 372 | 372 | 0.0 |
General Chiropractic Council | 800 | 800 | 0.0 |