Should I give up my registration or just my licence to practise - text alternative

What options are available to you?

You can either give up your registration altogether or just give up your licence to practise. The table below shows the features of each to help you decide which is best for you.

I don’t want to pay any fee

  1. Give up your registration

I want to pay a reduced annual retention fee*

  1. Give up your licence to practise
  2. Restore your registration without a licence to practise

*This is not the same as income discount

I practise overseas and am unsure when I will return to the UK

  1. Give up your registration
  2. Give up your licence to practise
  3. Restore your registration without a licence to practise

I want to prove my current good standing to other regulators

  1. Give up your licence to practise
  2. Keep or restore your licence to practise
  3. Restore your registration without a licence to practise
  4. Restore your registration with a licence to practise

I want to prove my past good standing to other regulators

  1. Give up your registration
  2. Give up your licence to practise
  3. Keep or restore your licence to practise
  4. Restore your registration without a licence to practise
  5. Restore your registration with a licence to practise

I want to save my allocation of time allowed on provisional registration

  1. Give up your registration

I want to be able to treat patients and prescribe medicine in the UK

  1. Keep or restore your licence to practise
  2. Restore your registration with a license to practise

A graphic illustrating giving up your licence