HPC increases renewal fee
 Radiographers' annual registration renewal fee will increase to £72 from 1 June.
This is one of the key decisions to come out of the Health Professions Council's (HPC) recent consultation.
Others include:
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Registrants who wish to come back onto the Register (eg returning to work after maternity leave) will pay a ‘readmission’ fee of £182; this includes the first year of registration. (To allow for late renewals, the readmission fee will only be charged one month after being off the Register).
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Applicants who complete an approved course will pay a scrutiny fee of £50 and a renewal fee of £36 per annum for the first two years' of registration.
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There will be no additional fee for students who graduate from an approved course but who delay applying for registration for more than two years.
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International and grandparenting scrutiny fees will rise to £400.
The HPC received 1153 responses to its consultation – which ran from November 2006 to February 2007 – the majority coming from individual registrants. It also consulted with a variety of stakeholders, including professional bodies, employers, higher education institutions and others with an interest in the HPC’s work.
The responses were extremely varied and ranged from positive – 'Your reasoning about this seems fair and sensible and we would be happy with any of the options suggested' – to highly critical – 'This is nothing more than a tax on caring staff'.
Download the key decisions and consultation documents
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