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

£369 this year for chartered professional membership - but my employer reimburses me for the cost. I get access to CPD sessions (very useful and needed to retain my chartership) and I think insurance if ever needed.

You can back date the tax relief from HMRC!

(I think to 5 years)

Oh I’ve not heard of this, I’m going to ask tomorrow! It’s never been mentioned anyways and I’ve just moved from one NHS trust to another for a new role. Both wanted to see my uni degree certificate and HCPC number but haven’t mentioned indemnity cover in my contract or induction. I’ll find out 😊

Early Years Practitioner. Pay yearly for SSSC registration. Its not a big sum though. Cant remember how much it is now exactly.

@Blueotter22 this is the link for Scotland info, but I'm sure something similar applies for NHS England boards clo.scot.nhs.uk/our-services/cnoris/frequently-asked-questions.aspx

(I'm an allied health professional, will also check with others I trained with to see if they have their own indemnity insurance!)

I am an NHS nurse and have indemnity cover by my NHS contract. You don't need it separately at least for nurses anyway. Just the NMC fees are mandatory but it's wise to be with the RCN. By the time NMC/RCN/car park is paid it's about £87 per month just to go to work.

Interesting how the fees vary so much, alot of alternative nurse jobs do offer to pay NMC registration, in fact many years ago my NHS trust paid half, soon changed their mind though 😬.

I thought so to. If I remember right, the NMC asks about indemnity cover and unless you are working in a private practice, indemnity is normally covered by employer.

My understanding is that if I went into E.g private aesthetics (I would absolutely not, it's just an example), then I would need to pay for separate indemnity insurance for that, but employer provides indemnity while working in employed role.

I guess as a a non-nurse, there is probably more option to do work privately (thinking physiotherapy, podiatry etc) and you would need indemnity insurance specifically for that practice.

I've worked as a social worker which is £90 p/year and the only benefit from that is the regulator can take action against you - there's no support or advocacy that comes with it.

Whilst we didn't have the big pay increases, the govt has changed the regulatory body a couple of times and each time the one they've got rid of has kept any money, ie they haven't refunded workers when the new body came in and we needed to pay again.

Whilst the next part is certainly not a requirement to do the job, I always paid BASW as well as union membership, total around £30 a month. BASW provided legal cover to members as part of their charges, and after seeing social workers hung out to dry it kind of felt essential sadly.

Accountant for NHS, I think it's about £400 per year. Basically get nothing for it other than letters after my name.

You don't need indemnity insurance if you are directly employed by the NHS, you will be covered by your employers insurance. I'm only part of RCOT for the unison membership but if the HCPC fees go up I might have to give up RCOT to cover the HCPC. There is a consultation on the HCPC website about the fee increase, I would suggest everyone who is registered who is not keen on the ridiculous fee hike should give their thoughts!

You can back claim for 6 years, it's fairly simple, just a form per year.

Social worker £90 per year

You really should get some additional personal indemnity in addition to the 'crown indemnity' provided by your employing NHS Trust. This is because if there's a complaint about you to your regulator HCPC /GMC /NMC /GDC (could be from a nasty professional colleague etc) or an alleged criminal complaint about you, you'll not be entitled to any legal representation if you've no personal indemnity. Your employing trust won't be interested.
Some of the Unions offer personal indemnity with membership.

I'm a freelance translator, an unregulated profession but I voluntarily pay £235 per annum for membership of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting and a further £100+ for professional indemnity insurance. It's a lot to find when you're self-employed, but worth it for the support, professional status and peace of mind.

Nurse lecturer. I pay £120 to NMC a year then additional £30 to a teaching union and a nursing union monthly. My employer does not pay for these.

AHP here, employed by the NHS band 8b.

Like many I am unimpressed by the HCPC consultation.

There is no requirement for an AHP employed by the NHS in England arrange private indemnity insurance. Your employer (the NHS) provide this. To be covered you just follow your employers policies and clinical guidelines/protocols. Cover is provided by NHS Resolution resolution.nhs.uk/

I am unsure on the position in the devolved nations.

To add to the discussion I pay for the HCPC aid the Association of Project Managers. Neither is reimbursed by my employer, but I do claim tax relief from HMRC

I pay 65 euro a year to the Teaching Council and 14 a fortnight to the union (which covers my legal fees if a case was taken against me so I wouldn't be without it)

I suspect you may be in the same profession as me as our core figures are broadly similar although I refuse to take on anything involving extra fees as I work in the NHS and mine are not covered

Actuary have to pay about £800 a year I think, my employer used to pay it but since changed jobs and very annoyingly they don’t pay it!!

Accountant, £495 a year but my business pay it for me.

AHP. Only recently qualified so band 5.

Paying new graduate rates for my professional body this year but that will be about £400 then the HCPC fees.

Between myself and DW (both doctors, mid-grades), approx 2000 for indemnity, GMC, college membership/portfolio access. And another grand this year for exam fees. Plus union costs.

Can anyone explain (in simple terms!) how you claim the tax back?

I remember doing something years ago for uniform washing and fees and got a rebate but I stupidly thought I only had to do it once and my tax code changed to reflect it.....and I can't even remember now how I did I it!

Someone in the know he,p the rest of us please!!

Some Doctors pay more around £400+