21,000 pay fees online
Some 21,000 pharmacists chose to pay their Royal Pharmaceutical Society retention fees online and on time for 2006, the Society has announced. A significant number used online payment for the first time.
Andrew Gardner, head of registration, said that as well as adopting the
more efficient payment method, 35,000 pharmacists paid before the 20
January deadline and 45,000 before the removal date, leaving only 584
to be removed from the Register for non-payment, compared with about
870 in 2005.
Mr Gardner said: “The Society will continue to work on improving
the fee collection process to make sure it is as efficient and low cost
as possible, and we hope members will continue to embrace innovations
as they are rolled out.”
The 2006 retention fee collection period ended on 4 April, when the Council
removed from the register those members who had not paid. The 2007 fee
is due on 1 January 2007 with fee forms being posted in early December.
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