The General Pharmaceutical Council(GPhC)has said it may consider moving to cheaper accommodation following a fee rise that was opposed by thousands of pharmacists.More than 5,000 individuals and bodies responded to a consultation on the proposed fee rises for pharmacists,figures from the GPhC have revealed.Some 70% of these opposed the rise in fees,but the regulator decided to increase them as planned.It increased entry and renewal fees for pharmacists in 2019/2020 by ￡7,from ￡250 to ￡257.As part of the consultation,which ran from November 2018 to January 2019,66% of respondents disagreed with a proposed increase of pharmacy technician entry and renewal fee of ￡3 from ￡118 to ￡121,and 51% opposed a proposed increase of ￡21 for the registered pharmacy entry and renewal fee from ￡241 to ￡262.Both increases were approved at a GPhC council meeting on 7 March 2019.Of 5,236 individuals who responded to the consultation,3,868 were pharmacists,and 1,368 were pharmacy technicians.
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