Who pays to work? Registration fees

[Blueotter22]

Hello,

just posting here for traffic and hoping to gain some insight to other peoples professions really.

Im an allied health care professional and we’ve just been told that the HCPC are looking to increase our annual fees by 20% to keep up with inflation apparently.

For me, a single mum and band 6 NHS professional this means I’ll be paying £33 a month for my HCPC fees and membership to my professional body. £405 a year just to legally do my job. I think this is outrageous and unfair, especially when they haven’t justified exactly what they are spending their 33 million on (that’s how much the HCPC take in fees a year)

I can’t do my job without being a member of the HCPC and having indemnity cover. I either pay or find a job elsewhere outside of healthcare.

I understand it’s important to have the HCPC and a process to report unsafe healthcare workers etc. But we also have to pay for our DBS and rarely get dedicated CPD time to meet our HCPC standards. Yet we can be called upon for audit to show how we have maintained our CPD.

Anyways, it just got me thinking, which other professions pay to work and if you wouldn’t mind sharing - how much do you pay and what do you get for that?

I know nurses and social workers pay too but unsure their fees. Do accountants/ lawyers pay to be registered?

thanks so much in advance

Accountant - about £400. My DH is a surveyor I'm sure his is closer to £600 annually.

It is totally separate to being in union for social workers.
It is a compulsory government registration scheme.

Hospital consultant. Indemnity approx £1000 per year. GMC around 450. College membership approx 500. Am no longer a member of the BMA

NMC £120 a year. Suddenly it seems quite cheap! NHS employer doesn’t pay though!

Union is £16 a month.

I’m a doctor so pay GMC plus indemnity, think it works out about £1250 a year. You can claim the tax back on it though which helps a bit.

Accountant, £400, not reimbursed by my employer.

Anyone who pays these types of memberships or subscriptions and isn't reimbursed by their employer should contact HMRC and let them know, if you haven't already. They can sort it quickly and easily for you, you don't need to pay any shyster tax rebate firm to deal with it and you will get some tax back.

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/income-tax-enquiries-for-individuals-pensioners-and-employees

Here is a list of fees that would qualify:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/professional-bodies-approved-for-tax-relief-list-3

www.hcpc-uk.org/news-and-events/consultations/2022/consultation-on-changes-to-fees/

Sorry I wasn’t very clear in my post. The £33 a month is for HCPC and professional membership fee but it isn’t mandatory for that, I pay £24 a month but my indemnity and unison is included in that so it works out better value I think to be registered with the RCOT then it would to do it separately.

You need indemnity cover to register with the HCPC.

It’s frustrating as I get daily emails from agencies offering £35 an hour and fees paid for. No wonder so many NHS staff are leaving and joining agencies.

thanks everyone for your responses, I had no idea how much others pay and happy for those whose employers help with those fees.

Do MP’s pay fees or are on a register? See that would be interesting if they were accountable to the public in that way they could have their registration removed.

I used to be a Veterinary Nurse so had to pay a yearly fee. The practice I work in now pays for the nurses fees but in my previous jobs I always had to pay my own.

Vets also have yearly fees to pay too.

I'm a lawyer and it's something like £340 this year I think. This year though I have a permanent job so my new employer will pay for the first time in years - I was previously doing contract roles so had to pay myself, but doing those roles was my choice.

Can't believe you have to pay it yourselves as standard!

www.hcpc-uk.org/registration/getting-on-the-register/uk-applications/paying-the-registration-fee/

If anyone is NOT aware, you can claim Tax Relief on recognised professional memberships that your employer does not reimburse. I used to do this, and I did not NEED the certification to do my job.
Would give you 20% "back", though I realise that's not much.

Read this with regard to claiming if employed.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/professional-bodies-approved-for-tax-relief-list-3

My God.. I must be dim, I had NO idea anyone had to pay these fees, I would have thought employers covered them.. well, you learn something (how people are ripped off) every day.. :-(

Yep
Professional body £25
Registration on professional websites for clients £75
Insurance (£10mn) £14
Individual website and hosting £15

£129 a month

Plus heating/home office insurance/ which equals another £140

So £269 a month for the privilege of working from home

Thank you for those who shared about the tax rebate. 8 years qualified and only found this out now!

Accountant - have 2 lots of professional fees to pay to keep my qualifications.
It's is so common in all professional roles I am surprised you are surprised, that you think there is anything unusual in this

Doctor, pay €615 to the medical council annually and another €2600 indemnity insurance. Union is €58/month.

you can backdate it but I am not sure for how many years

I actually didn't know this so thanks - will look into it!

I pay low income/retired rate as chartered IT practitioner and also as an accountant.
Chartered chemists also pay.

Another nurse paying £120 a year plus union.
I didn’t know about the rebate either so thank you.

Mines around £400 for engineering

work for a local authority and the one I work at won’t pay for any memeberships (but ask for it on the job spec)

www.rcn.org.uk/membership/Membership-fees/Tax-relief

Yes HCPC here too

Pharmacy technician, pay about £120 a year.