Subscriptions
Subscriptions for membership are due and payable on 1 January each year. The Treasurer notifies all members in November of their subscription for the following January.
Members can then opt to make payments annually or quarterly by direct debit. Those paying a retired rate of subscription or the annual rate Trainee membership cannot pay quarterly.
Faculty members should be aware that Faculty subscriptions are tax deductable in accordance with section 344 of the Income Tax Act 2003. (The Faculty is on List 3, and is listed as: Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom, Faculty of.)
To confirm your subscription rate please email request or speak to Kevin Barretto on 020 7935 0243.
There are reduced rate subscription options available in certain instances.
Payment of subscriptions
Credit/Debit cards
Annual subscriptions can be paid by Visa/MasterCard/JCB/American Express. (There is an additional charge of 1.61% on credit cards or 3.35% if American Express is used.)
Direct Debits
Subscriptions can be paid by annual or quarterly direct debit.
Forms for setting up a direct debit, or for paying by debit/credit card are available on request via email or Kevin Barretto on 020 7935 0243.
Cheque
Annual subscriptions can be paid by cheque in pounds sterling drawn on a UK bank and made payable to 'Faculty of Public Health'. Please note that Eurocheques cannot be accepted.
Reduced Rate Subscriptions
Salary-linked subscriptions
A reduction in the annual subscriptions is available to members who have a low professional income as assessed for taxation purposes (this is before the payment of any income tax, National Insurance or pension contributions.) Members requiring such a reduction must apply annually to the Treasurer by 31 st January each year.
The reduction is offered:
(a) to a member who will usually working but on a low income.
The subscription will be two thirds of the subscription normally payable or the Faculty minimum subscription which ever is the higher.
(b) to a member who is usually not working fulltime but is not able to claim a retired rate of subscription.
The subscription will be one third of the subscription normally payable or the Faculty minimum which ever is the higher
Full details are given with the annual subscription letter but further details can be available from on 020 7935 0243
Reduced subscriptions at the discretion of the Treasurer
Reduced subscriptions may be approved at the Treasurers discretion in exceptional circumstances. Please contact the Membership Department to discuss any such instances.
Subscription options for retired members
Retired members can opt to pay one of five rates of annual subscription to the Faculty. Each rate varies in benefits. Please contact the Finance and Membership Department for further information ( ).
Eligibility
To be eligible to benefit from the retired members' rates in any given year you must:
- have been retired from all public health practice due to age or health since on 1 January 2007
- not receive income from any other work for more than 50 days in the calendar year
A request to change to a retired rate of subscription should be made by 31 January each year.
If you retire during 2007 you will become eligible for the retired rates for the 2008
Application process
Please fill out the notification form and return it to the Faculty's Membership Records Administrator.
