Concessionary fees

We offer concessionary fees to newly-registered dental professionals, retired practitioners, those practising overseas, and to support members through life events

Eligibility

New registrants – those joining (or transferring from student membership) within twelve months of first registering with the GDC or an overseas equivalent – are eligible for a reduced fee for their first year of College membership.

Retired members – those who are both no longer registered with the GDC (or an overseas equivalent) and no longer working in a paid capacity in any dentally-related role – are eligible to pay our concessionary fees. The discount is automatically re-applied to your subscription each year, but you must notify us if your circumstances change.

Overseas members – those whose postal address supplied to the College is outside the UK and who are both not registered with the GDC and do not undertake paid dentally-related work in the UK – are also eligible to pay our concessionary fees. The discount is automatically re-applied to your subscription each year, but you must notify us if your circumstances change.

Our concessionary fees are also available for those who are not practising due to long-term illness, those taking a career break (or in full-time education), those on maternity leave and those who are unemployed or in hardship. In these circumstances, we apply a temporary 12 month discount to your subscription.

Please note that we do not offer a discount for part-time working.

How to apply

If you are already a member and want to apply to change your membership fee to a concessionary rate, please get in touch with us, giving details of your change in circumstances.

If you are applying to join the College and eligible to pay concessionary fees, select the appropriate concession from the drop-down menu on our Membership application form