£22.95 GDC registration application fees for dental nurses

The fees are being brought in to cover the costs relating to applications, which are currently met by existing registered dental professionals.

The move brings registration applications in line with the regulator’s policy on fee-setting, which seeks to remove cross subsidy between registrant groups wherever practicable. It also contributed to the reduced annual retention fees (ARF), which were announced earlier this year.

Registration application fees are to be made up of two parts; a flat rate to cover processing costs, and a variable rate to cover the costs of assessing the type of application received. This variable element results in six bands of fee, depending of the complexity of the assessment (see table for details).