Nurses Registration Fees
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Please can you let me know if your practices pay for your nurses registration or do they pay for it themselves. We currently pay for it but as there are so many now we are reviewing this.
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We pay for half of our nurses and they pay the other half themselves. We used to pay it all, but as you say we have so many now it is no longer feasible for us to pay it all.
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All nurses pay for their expenses themselves including Registration's fee, CPD's and etc.
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We used to pay the fees for them but since 2010 they pay for it themselves. Hope this helps.
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We paid for their first year registration then gave them a £10 per month pay rise to cover the cost in future, so now they pay their own. We did this because one of our nurses moved on after we paid her registration. So by giving them the pay rise they pay for it themselves and if they leave the cost is theirs. Hope this helps.
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We pay half of our dental nurses registration fee.
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We do pay for our staff GDC registration and Indemnity, but if they leave within the year they have to refund this.
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We pay on a pro rata basis depending how many days a nurse works here. The nurse initially pays for the full amount and we pay them extra, each quarter in their wages.
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I can confirm the clinic pays for all GDC registration for our nurses, we ask the nurses to sign off a form to confirm and agree if they leave the clinic within the year they would have to pay the full cost funded by the clinic £120.00.
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Our nurses pay their own registration fees, but I deduct £10.00 per month then add £120.00 to their net pay at the beginning of July so that they have the funds to pay – all my nurses appreciate this way of helping them 'save'.
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No we do not pay registration here as there are too many nurses now.
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No, we don’t pay for nurses registration fees but we do organise a reduction in salary over the year so that it isn’t a shock each summer (for those who want to do it). We do however pay for their indemnity with DPL Xtra.
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Basically we take this into account when reviewing pay rises.
We have 7 nurses in our practice and 2 self-employed hygienists who we pay for. This is a new policy for our practice as we felt that it helps the staff out and is a good motivator. When we reviewed pay in April we were initially looking at 2.5%. Instead we paid the staff 2% and then paid the GDC fees. This was beneficial to both parties as the practice claimed back the tax from the GCD fees.
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We are a large N.H.S. practice so we decided that financially it wasnt viable, however we do offer the nurses a easy payment option by paying the amount in full and then deducting the fee over a period of 12 months via their wages.
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We are in same boat, we have decided not to pay this year, but have advised the staff to claim tax relief on it. There is a tax relief form, HMRC10/11 availble from HM revenue and customs website: www.hmrc.gov.uk. it is for tax relief for expenses of employment, they can also claim for laundry expenses, prof. membership fees and replacement of uniforms if they pay for it.
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Yes, we pay for their registration, and their verifiable CPD.
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We looked into this a few years back and decided it was best if the nurses paid themselves, especially when they left the practice and it is tax deductable for them.
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Yes the practice pays ARF for nurses but it is a taxable benefit and is paid through the wages so the staff member pays the tax on it. The practice also pays the hygienist ARF but on a pro-rata basis as she works 2 days with us and other days elsewhere. The same goes for CPD costs
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Yes we do pay all their fees
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Currently paid by practice. Numbers and introduction of pension contributions probably means this willl change.
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We always pay for our nurses as it shows goodwill and it seems unfair for them to have to pay to come to work – we are fully NHS so don't have an excessive income either!!
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We have 12 dental nurses in our practice and like yourselves used to pay out nurses registration. However increasing costs of reg fees materials costs economic pressures on the practice lead us to make a decision over a year ago that the nurses would be responsible for their own reg fees. We discussed this openly at our regular nurses and practice meeting and all were in agreement. However we did give them the option of taking a monthly subscription off their monthly salary to go towards paying the full cost of their reg fee but all decided against this and are paying themselves.
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We pay full GDC cost for full time staff and partially for part time staff.
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We are only a small practice (4 dental nurses) but we pay for their registration and their indemnity.
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We do currently pay all of our nurses reg fees. Originally we agreed to pay the first three years for any registering nurse. We are now paying our fifth year. Mainly this is because we know that it is more easily afforded by us as a practice than by the individual living on a budget. Our nurses have been open to the idea of paying us back by taking a little from their wages each month but we have not yet done this.
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Our nurses pay their registration then claim it back against their tax…
The main thing is they get it back this way. The only reason we do not pay it is that we want them to take ownership of it. I have found that if they own the whole thing the CPD etc is much easier on the level of motivation.
We give them indemnity through DPExtra that covers the whole practice.
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We do not pay the nurses registration but the cost of it was calculated into their pay rise when registration first came in. It is difficult to be fair as nurses working part time still have to pay the same money although there is less benefit to the practice particularly if they are doing a job share with two costs of registration!
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We also pay for our nurses registration. I believe practices can afford and should do this for their nurses. With a new nurse just starting and not sure if she will stay we ask her to pay for her registration and we will refund her if she is still with us a year later.
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We pay both registration and indemnity for our nurses. The principal decided that nurses had no say over registration and therefore he should pay for it.
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Where ever I have worked DN's have covered the reg fee themselves which includes myself, they can get tax relief on the fee for registration as well as against laundry and any member subscriptions.
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We are a large NHS practice and have 15 dental nurses. We ask them all to pay for their GDC registration but do try to support their CPD so they have to pay very little or nothing for CPD and their time at courses is generally always paid.
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We pay for our nurses GDC Registration. However, for those who work part time for us and also work elsewhere part time we pay our share of their working time (regardless of what their other practice does). So 2 days a week with us (and 3 days at another practice) = we pay 2/5ths of the fee.
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We have a lot of nurses too, but I have persuaded the boss to pay it for them, as an incentive really as the hourly rate is still low that they earn. He pays for CPD from Purple Media to give them 10 hours minimum verifiable per year so we dont have too many days booked out of work on courses. We just ask that the nurses provide their own indemnity, normally BADN with membership.
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We pay all GDC registration fees and CPC costs – we currently have 12 nurses so it is costly however after review we decided to keep this perk!
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We pay for our nurses when they have been at the practice over 7 years.
July 2012
