Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that fees paid to the Royal College of Nursing may be waived or reimbursed to nurses for this year in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

Nurses are not required to be members of the Royal College of Nursing. As a trade union, membership is voluntary.

It is a decision for the Royal College of Nursing whether they wish to waive or reimburse fees paid to them by their members. Tax relief can be claimed by members of the Royal College of Nursing on their annual subscription and other costs. Further information can be found on the College’s website at the following link:

https://www.rcn.org.uk/membership/membership-fees/tax-relief