Fees for inspection

From 1 April 2012 fees for inspections will continue to be charged at a daily rate as follows: 

Notes:

• There is a minimum fee of one day (with the exception of the GDP inspections).
• The inspection daily rate is calculated against a standard 7 hour working day (excluding lunch breaks). Therefore the number of days spent on site for fees purposes will be calculated by dividing the number of hours on site by 7. Additional part days of less than 3.5 hours will be charged at half the daily rate and part days in excess of 3.5 hours will be charged at the full daily rate.
• The daily rate fee includes pre-inspection preparation, travelling time, reporting of inspections and resolving issues. It also incorporates activities such as evaluation of compliance assessment report and other support functions and directly related overheads.
• A reduced rate fee for a wholesale dealer inspection will be payable by wholesale dealers who handle GSL products only and for registered retail pharmacies and small wholesale dealers where wholesaling of licensed products does not exceed 15% or £35,000 of total turnover ONLY where an inspector spends less than 3.5 hours on site.
• For inspections where two (or more) fully qualified inspectors undertake the inspection, the time on site for fees purposes will be the aggregated time for both inspectors.
• For inspections attended by two or more inspectors, one or more of who is in training, only the cost of one inspector will be charged – the status of the inspectors should be made clear to the company at the start of the inspection.
• This fee will be charged where a risk assessment is conducted which does not lead to an inspection