We want to hear your views on our proposed increases to registration fees for pharmacy professionals and pharmacy premises. These changes are aimed at addressing rising operational costs while ensuring the sustainability of our regulatory services.
We are seeking views from pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and owners of pharmacy premises about our proposals for a 6% increase in the annual registration fees they pay from September 2025, and then a further 6% increase on these fees from September 2026. We are making cost savings where possible, but fee increases are still needed to cover rising operational costs, and to make sure we can continue to fulfil our regulatory responsibilities effectively.
We have a fees policy and use a cost allocation model to determine fees, ensuring each registrant group bears the costs proportionate to their regulation.
We did not make any fee increases in 2022 and 2023 and the fee increases from April 2024 were the first to be above the fee level we set for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in 2010.
The proposals would mean that from September 2025:
- Pharmacist renewal fees would increase by £17 to £293
- Pharmacy technician renewal fees would increase by £8 to £138
- Pharmacy premises renewal fees would increase by £24 to £416
From September 2026:
- Pharmacist renewal fees would increase by £17 to £310
- Pharmacy technician renewal fees would increase by £8 to £146
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Pharmacy premises renewal fees would increase by £25 to £441
Have your say
We want to hear everyone’s views on our proposals to increase fees; this feedback will help to inform the decisions that our Council makes on fees for the next two years. Please share your views via our survey by 24 April 2025.
- Read the consultation document to see our proposals in full
- Read the consultation proposals in Welsh
- Take part in the survey
About our proposals
The consultation highlights that significant changes are taking place in pharmacy, including the expansion of clinical services and the growing use of technology including online services. We need to make sure we are in a financially stable and sustainable position so we can continue to develop and modernise our approach, to ensure we maintain effective and safe regulation.