Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice

Fees

All doctors pay a fee to register with the General Medical Council (GMC), and an annual retention fee (ARF) to remain on the GMC's Register of Medical Practitioners. We also charge fees for administering the PLAB test, and for Certification applications.

On other pages in this section

You can find further information on:

  1. 1. Registration fees
  2. 2. Paying your annual retention fee
  3. 3. Help with registration fees for refugee doctors living in the UK
  4. 4. Income discount 

For more information on the fees effective from 15 December 2011 and 1 April 2012 please see our press release.

For information on how we use the annual retention fee please see our leaflet, Your annual fee – how we use it. (pdf) 

Current fees

PLAB Fees Effective from 1 April 2011  Effective from 1 April 2012 
Part 1 of the PLAB test £145 £145
Part 2 of the PLAB test £430 £430
Request for clerical check of results for the PLAB test £40 £40
 Registration Fees Effective from 1 April 2011

Effective from
1 April 2012
Full registration with a licence to practise for doctors who hold, or have previously held, provisional registration £210 2 £195 2
Full registration with a licence to practise for doctors who submit their application within two years of passing a primary medical qualification (and do not hold, or have not previously held, provisional registration) £210 2 £195 2
Full registration with a licence to practise (including specialist and GP registration) for doctors not covered by the scenarios above £420 1,2 £390 1,2
Full registration with a licence to practise for a temporary period for a visiting overseas doctor £420 2 £390 2
Provisional registration with a licence to practise £100 2,3 £95 2,3
Restoration fee £300 4 £300 4 
Scrutiny fee  £100  £95
Annual Retention Fees Effective from 1 April 2011 Effective from 1 April 2012
Annual retention fee for registration with a licence to practise £420 1 £390 1
Annual retention fee for registration without a licence to practise £145 1 £140 1
Certification Fees Effective from 9 December 2010 Effective from 15 December 2011
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) £500 £390 5
Review of an application or a reapplication for a CCT £220 £220
Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) £1600 £1500 6
Certificate of Eligibility for GP Registration (CEGPR) £1600 £1500 6
Application for a CESR or a CEGPR through the combined programme (CP) £500 £390 5
Review of an application or a reapplication for a CESR or a CEGPR £645 £645
Application for sub-specialty recognition £275 £275
Certificate of GP acquired rights £275 £275
Review of an application or a reapplication for a Certificate of GP acquired rights £140 £140
Application to an Appeal Panel (written appeal) £1500 £1500
Application to an Appeal Panel (oral appeal) £2250 £2250

1 Doctors on whose gross annual worldwide income from all sources is below the specified income threshold may be entitled to a 50% discount on the value of their annual retention fee. Further information can be found on our income discount page.
2 This includes a non-refundable scrutiny fee should your application be refused, closed or withdrawn.
3 The fee for provisional registration is for a two year period.
4 A restoration fee is charged to doctors restoring to the Register following administrative erasure.
5 Doctors who had an open application for a CCT or a CESR/CEGPR through the combined programme (CP) on 15 December 2011 will be given a refund of £110 by 31 December 2011.
6 Doctors who had an open application for a CESR or CEGPR on 15 December 2011 will be given a refund of £100 by 31 December 2011.