Renewing

We grant registration for periods of four years at a time. The cost of registration is split over four payments - one when you apply and then three annual retention fees due on the anniversaries of your registration.

To maintain your place on the register, you must pay your annual retention fee for the coming year. We will send you, or your employer, an invoice for this fee about two months before the anniversary so that you can make arrangements.

If your annual fee remains unpaid, we will need to remove your name from the register. This does not have to be permanent: your name can be restored.

Along with the invoice we send out an annual registration return form. Completing and submitting these each year will help towards your revalidation . We ask for information from the past year about your fitness to practise, any new cases you have undertaken, court appearances, new qualifications or training you have completed. The more forms that you submit, the easier it will be for you to demonstrate that you have stayed up-to-date when we come to revalidate your registration.

Not renewing?
You may not wish to renew your registration. For example, you may have retired or may no longer be practising in your registered specialty. Whatever the reason, in order to withdraw your registration, please contact us.

You can choose whether to withdraw your name from the register on the last day of your registration period or with effect from a particular date.