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.

How we use your fee

You can read more about our plans and how we use your fee in our annual publications:

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

On other pages in this section

You can find further information on:

  1. 1. Registration fees
  2. 2. Certification fees
  3. 3. Annual retention fees
  4. 4. Applying for an income discount
  5. 5. Help with fees for refugee doctors
  6. 6. Application refunds and scrutiny fees

Current fees

Registration Fees Effective from 1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012

Effective from
1 April 2012
Full registration with a licence to practise for doctors who hold, or have previously held, provisional registration £210 1 £195 1
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 1 £195 1
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 1 £390 1
Provisional registration with a licence to practise £100 1,3 £95 1,3
Restoration fee £300 4 £300 4 
Scrutiny fee  £100  £95
Certification Fees Effective from 9 December 2010 - 14 December 2011 Effective from 15 December 2011
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) £500 £390
Review of an application or a reapplication for a CCT £220 £220
Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) £1600 £1500
Certificate of Eligibility for GP Registration (CEGPR) £1600 £1500
Application for a CESR or a CEGPR through the combined programme (CP) £500 £390
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
Annual Retention Fees Effective from 1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 Effective from 1 April 2012
Annual retention fee for registration with a licence to practise £420 2 £390 2
Annual retention fee for registration without a licence to practise £145 2 £140 2
PLAB Fees Effective from 1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 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

1 This includes a non-refundable scrutiny fee should your application be refused, closed or withdrawn.

2 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.

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.