NMC offered ￡20m to keep fee rise down

摘要

The government has offered a ￡2om grant to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to reduce the size of the proposed fee hike.The regulator's unpopular proposal to increase the annual registration fee by 58%, from ￡76 to ￡120, was unveiled in May.It says it needs the increase to raise funds to cope with, its existing queue of fitness to practise cases and an anticipated increase in future referrals.The fee rise is expected to raise an additional ￡29:01 for the regulator. Therefore, even with the ￡2om from the government, it is likely the NMC would still want a fee increase of some amount to balance the books.