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Q. Will I have to pay two different fees in the future for registration with the GPhC and membership of a professional leadership body, and how much will I have to pay?
Q. Will the premises fees payable to the GPhC be higher than the £162 renewal fee currently paid?
Q. Will the fact that fees for premises are currently being subsidised by all pharmacists be addressed?
Q. Will I be able to get a refund on part of the joint RPSGB/GPhC 2010 fee, as collected by RPSGB, if I choose not to join the new professional leadership body?
Q. The GPhC is consulting on an application fee and an initial entry fee for 2010. I am on the RPSGB’s practising register and have already paid my 2010 renewal fee to the RPSGB. Will I have to pay either one or both of these new GPhC fees for 2010 when regulation transfers?
Q. When will my fees be due each year? Will there be any change?
A. Yes, the GPhC and the new professional body will be two entirely independent organisations and will each charge a separate fee for registration or membership respectively. In the future regulatory fees for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be set by the GPhC, while the professional leadership body will set its membership fees. A combined fee was set and charged by the RPSGB for 2010. The regulatory portion of this fee income will be transferred — on a pro rata basis — to the GPhC once it takes over the regulation of pharmacy later in 2010.
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A. The GPhC is currently looking at its prospective budgets and the funding streams available to it. As yet it has not determined what the premises fee will be. It is currently consulting on initial entry, restoration and administration fees for premises for 2010. (NB: this consultation does NOT include renewal fees as these have already been set for 2010 by the RPSGB; the GPhC will consult on renewal fees for 2011 in due course). The Pharmacy Order, for the first time, provides power to set standards for owner of pharmacies, superintendent pharmacists and pharmacy premises and provides a range of sanctions that the GPhC will be able to use in respect of pharmacies that are not fit for purpose. Premises fees will need to take into account these changes and the fact that regulation should be proportionate to the risks it addresses and not bring unnecessary burdens.
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A. Premises fees are currently set by the DH at a level that seeks to reflect the regulatory activity associated with premises, including the costs of running the inspectorate. In the future the GPhC will be responsible for setting the premises fees and the fees will need to be set at a level that reflects the true costs of the regulation of pharmacy premises in the future.
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A. This is a matter for the RPSGB. Any decisions as to what happens to the "professional leadership" portion of the 2010 fee is not within the GPhC's remit.
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A. The draft 2010 Fees rules on which we are currently consulting are intended to come into force when the GPhC becomes operational — that date is subject to parliamentary timetables and process and is not yet determined. However, the application fee and initial entry fee will apply only to new applicants after the GPhC becomes operational. If you are on the RPSGB's practising register at the point when regulation transfers from the RPSGB to the GPhC, then you will transfer over to the GPhC's register automatically and the application fee and initial entry fee will not apply to you. You will then pay your renewal fee for 2011 in due course. The GPhC will be consulting on renewal fees for 2011 later in 2010.
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A. The draft registration rules do propose some changes to the fees payment schedule. The draft rules would require registrants to submit their renewal forms, with payment, no later than two months before their registration would otherwise expire, i.e. by 31 October for existing registrants. Renewal notices would be sent out by 30 September for existing registrants. There are no provisions for statutory reminders about unpaid fees and registrants could be removed from the register after 31 December — when their entry ceased to be valid — if they had not paid the renewal fee by that time.
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