Motion: Rise in Registration Fees for Health Professionals

Rise in Registration Fees for Health Professionals

Lodged by Neil Findlay Standard Motion 17 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament understands that the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) plans to increase its registration fees by 18% from October 2019; considers that this move is effectively an increased tax on practicing, as those who are regulated by the HCPC must pay this annual fee to continue doing their jobs; understands that this affects a wide range of staff working in 15 health and care professions across the UK, including paramedics, occupation therapists, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists, radiographers, dieticians, chiropodists, podiatrists, orthoptists, clinical scientists and speech and language therapists; believes with regret that would mean that fees will have risen by 40% since 2014, outstripping inflation and the smaller pay increases that health and care staff have had across this period; considers that such an increase is excessive and unreasonable; expresses its concern about what it sees as the lack of public scrutiny regarding this, and calls on the HCPC to reconsider this plan as a matter of urgency.

Supporters (17)