Join the RCGP, your professional home

When you’re welcomed as part of the RCGP family you’ll receive support and guidance to help you shape your life in general practice.

mvp-woman-cover

Why should I become an RCGP member?

As your professional home, you’ll also form close bonds with other GPs who understand the challenges you face through your career – and want to celebrate your achievements. 

You'll also have access to a wide range of benefits.

Discover everything the RCGP has to offer

If you have had RCGP membership in the past, you will need to restart your membership.

See details for restarting RCGP membership

Join today

Medical students can join for free. As you qualify and become established, the cost of membership changes according to your circumstances. If you want to take a career break but still maintain a connection to colleagues and learning, there are lower rates. Life membership allows you to stay involved, so you’ll always benefit from membership that meets your needs.

Membership options

Medical students

If you're a medical student interested in becoming a GP, we're here to support you and help you understand more about general practice as a career.

Join RCGP as a medical student

Foundation doctors

As a member of the College you'll have an opportunity to receive dedicated careers advice and guidance in relation to general practice.

Join as a foundation doctor

GP registrars

You are the future of general practice with opportunities to flourish and innovate in your career and to help set the direction for the profession.

Join RCGP as a GP registrar

Qualified GPs

As a member we'll supply you with free publications, courses and events, an extensive medical library as well as a variety of online learning modules.

Join as a qualified GP

International members

International membership is available to family doctors who have successfully completed MRCGP[INT] accredited assessments.

Join as an International member

International affiliate

The RCGP encourages medical students, GP trainees and early-career family doctors based outside of the UK to join as an International Affiliate member.

Join as an International affiliate

Retired and Life membership

We welcome continued involvement from members after retirement. Once retired, you‘re eligible for life membership of RCGP.

More about retired and life membership

Membership for all

GPs who have been on the GMC GP register for a minimum of five years and have completed at least one revalidation cycle (or completed CEGPR) will now be eligible to apply for RCGP membership.

Find out more about membership for all

Membership fees

1

Earnings: £50,271 and above*

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £627.00
2

Earnings: £12,571 - £50,270* or

Circumstances: Member of another Royal Medical College or Faculty where appraisal is conducted within the other specialism**

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £313.00
3

Earnings less than £12,571*

Circumstances: Not in active employment due to:

  • career break***
  • retirement (permanently retired from medical practice)
  • maternity, paternity or adoption leave

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £157.00
4

Discounted fee for first two years post qualification

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £455.00
1

GP registrar membership is for qualified doctors who have yet to sit the MRCGP Examinations.
The College membership year runs from 1 April to 31 March annually.

When you join, your membership fee will be calculated monthly from your sign-up date through to 31 March 2026.

Please see below for more information.

Training pathway annual subscription Monthly fee
Full Time and Less Than Full Time (LTFT) Training - 76% or more (due 1 April) £36.10
Less Than Full Time Training - 75% or less (due 1 April) £18.10
Maternity / Parental / Adoption Leave (due 1 April)** £18.10
2

Renewing your College membership

Training pathway annual subscription Fee
Full Time and Less Than Full Time (LTFT) Training - 76% or more (due 1 April) £433.00
Less Than Full Time Training - 75% or less (due 1 April) £217.00
Maternity / Parental / Adoption Leave (due 1 April)** £217.00
1

Membership of RCGP is free for medical students and foundation doctors based in the UK.

Membership category Fee
Medical students and foundation doctors Free
1

High income countries (based on World bank country classification list)
Fees are applied by your country of residence or medical practice, not your nationality or place of birth. Renewal is due on 1 April each year. New joiners pay their first year’s fees pro-rata, based on the date of joining.

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £313.00
2

Fully retired in a high income country or upper middle income countries

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £157.00
3

Lower-middle income countries

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £79.00
4

Low-income countries

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £40.00
1

High income countries (based on World bank country classification list)

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £157.00
2

Upper middle income countries

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £79.00
3

Lower-middle income countries

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £40.00
4

Low-income countries

Membership year Fee
1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 £20.00

Fee information for GP registrars

GP registrar membership is for qualified doctors who have yet to sit the MRCGP Examinations.
The College membership year runs from 1 April to 31 March annually.

Signing up with the College

When you join, your membership fee will be calculated monthly from your sign-up date through to 31 March 2026.

Please note: Your fee is based on when you join the College, not when your training begins.

Please contact the member services team to discuss suspending your membership while you are on leave from training.

  • You can sign up for the portfolio only package which is £963*. This option offers coverage for up to four years from the sign up date, and requires a one-time payment upfront.

Please note, the portfolio option does not allow any access to the member benefits including GPSelf Test, free exam preparation

*This fee is not tax deductible as the government guidelines only allows you to claim back professional membership fees and this is not a membership.

Payment methods

Direct Debit

UK bank accounts only

Direct Debit is the safest, most cost-effective and easiest way to make recurring payments

Direct Debit

Spread the cost of your membership fee over the year. Direct Debit is the safest, most cost-effective and easiest way to make recurring payments.

We offer three options for making a payment by Direct Debit:

Annually: 1 instalment collected on or immediately after 1 April each year if set up before 16 March. 7 days from setup date or on 1 day of the following month if set up at a later date.

Quarterly: 4 instalments if set up before 16 March, to be collected on 1 April, 1 July, 1 October, 1 January or immediately after. Dates and number of instalments vary if set up at a later date.

Monthly: 12 instalments if set up before 16 March, to be collected from 1 April to 1 March or immediately after. Fewer instalments if set up at a later date.

How to set up a Direct Debit

Online

During Renewal (starting around mid-February): Log into MyRCGP and click on 'Renew your membership'

New Direct Debit - needs to be set up between mid-February and the end of July
Existing Direct Debit - all changes need to be updated between mid-February and 16 March

Member services helpdesk

Please use the member helpdesk for any questions you have to set up a Direct Debit, if you are the sole bank account holder.

Email

If you wish to update or change your direct debit details for the current membership year, please complete our online Direct Debit form.

If you're setting up the Direct Debit arrangement after 1 April, we will tell you your collection dates, as they won't be in line with the standard schedule.

We will write to you at least two weeks before to the first collection in April, in any subscription year. 

Debit / Credit card

We accept MasterCard, Visa, Visa Debit and Maestro.

We only accept MasterCard, Visa, Visa Debit and Maestro. We do not accept American Express. 

You can pay online during renewal (from mid-February) by logging in to your RCGP account and clicking on 'Renew your membership'

If you have already renewed you membership but need to change your payment method throughout the subscription year, please use the member services helpdesk.

Cheque / Bank draft

If payment cannot be completed online via Direct Debit or card, we accept sterling cheques or bank drafts.

If payment cannot be completed online via Direct Debit or card, we accept sterling cheques or bank drafts payable in the United Kingdom.

They should be made payable to The Royal College of General Practitioners and posted to:

Member Services - 4th Floor
Royal College of General Practitioners
30 Euston Square 
London 
NW1 2FB

Please ensure that you write your RCGP Member number on the reverse side of the cheque. It may take up to 10 weeks to cash your cheque.

Non-membership access

If you're not a member you can register with RCGP for limited access to some products and services.

Access as a non-member
first-5-landscape-test-image-304

More about joining

Claim back your membership subscription

As a member, you can claim back up to 40% in tax on your annual membership subscription fees. Simply use the tax receipt you will receive by email after each payment.

Qualified GPs fees

* Annual gross income from all professional services from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

** If your annual appraisal is completed in the field of general practice, this discount is not applicable. The discount applies only to those that have completed an annual appraisal with another medical organisation for which membership of the other Medical Royal College or Faculty is their primary specialism. You may be asked to provide evidence of your annual appraisal, if applying for this discount.

*** For leave/retirement commencing before 1 July. Outside of this period your fee will be assessed on a pro rata basis.

Need something else?

Find out more with our membership FAQs, or call our friendly Member Services team on 020 3188 7766.