GPEP funding FAQs

• Funding for registrars active in years 2, 3 and 3+ of the General Practice Education Programme (GPEP) to cover a range of their learning and membership fees for the 2025 academic year.
• Clinical and Written examination fees for GPEP re-sitters who are required to re-sit in 2025.
• Reimbursement of 2025 learning fees for GPEP 2,3, and 3+ already paid against raised quarters 1 and 2 invoices, as well as reimbursement of 2025 membership fees for fees already paid against the invoice raised.

• Eligible registrars enrolled in 2019 or earlier will be provided with one fully funded Fellowship Assessment visit, on the proviso that they are allocated for assessment by the end of June 2026 or before the date of expiry of their programme, whichever date comes first.
• Eligible registrars enrolled in 2021 and 2022 who become eligible for Fellowship Assessment in 2025 will be provided with one fully funded Fellowship Assessment visit, on the proviso that they are allocated for assessment by the end of December 2025.
• Where required to become eligible for the Fellowship Assessment application, an additional In Practice Visit (IPV) will be funded.
• Reimbursement of Fellowship Assessment fees and self-funded IPVs completed or scheduled in 2025 for eligible cohorts (2022 and prior) where fees have already been paid.

Work is ongoing to confirm how this funding will be distributed from 2026 and beyond to ensure our trainees complete training and become Fellows of the College, and we will keep members updated as information becomes available.

The funding is only for the time and period that you are active in the programme in the 2025 academic year and only covers components that are covered by the College of GPs, not any other expenses related to the completion of the programme requirements.

Yes, you will. Please follow the reimbursement process below. The refund may take some time to process.

Yes, you will. Please follow the reimbursement process below. The refund may take some time to process.

Any registrar in GPEP years 2, 3, and 3+ in 2025 will be eligible for some funding. You will have received an email from the College on Monday 29 September outlining more details of what funding applies to you. Please check your SPAM and inbox. If you still have not received communication from the College, please contact our Advanced Registrar team.

Currently discussions around how the funding will be applied for the next academic year are ongoing, and we will keep you updated when more information becomes available.

If you were invoiced in quarters 1 or 2 for this year, you do qualify for a refund for learning fees. If you are on a leave rate and in a training programme, then yes, you do qualify for a refund for your membership fees also.

No, you do not need to pay any outstanding invoice you have for the academic year of February 2025 – January 2026 for learning fees, or membership fee invoice received for the membership year of April 2025 – March 2026. We will raise a credit on your behalf, and you will be notified in due course that this has been paid.

There are some aspects of registrars interactions with the College that will not be covered, these include (but are not limited to):

• Recognition of Prior Learning fees
• Academic components or expenses that are related to the completion of the programme requirements that are not provided by RNZCGP.
• Mock examinations costs
• Resitting the Fellowship Assessment after your 1 included Assessment in 2025/26. Any subsequent Assessments will not be covered.
• The Appeals process fees
• Reconsideration of examination results fees
• Any resitter clinical and written examination fee where the examination is not undertaken in 2025.
• Additional In Practice Visits where the last visit has occurred within three years of Fellowship Assessment application.
• A delay in Fellowship Assessment beyond December 2026 due to going on hold or for reasons such as HDC or other complaint awaiting resolution.
• Historic learning and membership fee debt in existence before the 2025 invoicing period(s).

To receive reimbursement of any learning and membership fees paid, please complete this form by Friday 31 October 2025. We encourage you to fill in the form as soon as possible, as we are committed to processing all reimbursements before the Christmas period.

Please note, this may take a while as we need to reimburse the funds into the original payment account, and we will contact you if we require further information. If the invoice has been paid by your practice, the reimbursement will be paid into your practice’s bank account.

If you have changed your bank account since you paid the fees, the finance team will get in touch for proof of bank account, which means you will need to provide one of the following:

• Bank deposit slip.
• Bank statement.
• Signed and stamped bank letter.
• A screenshot from online banking (not banking app) with the bank account name and number.

As this is government funding, we need to follow the checks and controls for auditing requirements. The reimbursement process may also take a bit longer if we need to reimburse your payment into a new bank account, as we need to follow the required authentication process.

We are aiming to get all refunds processed by the Christmas period.

Nothing has changed for the GPEP year 1 2026 cohort.