Reduce HPCSA fees for Optometrists

Comments

#206

Fees are high

(Johannesburg, 2020-03-05)

#207

I support the petition.

(Ficksburg, 2020-03-05)

#208

It is unfair that we pay the highest fee of everybody towards the HPCSA and our profession are govern the worst of everybody.

(Kimberley, 2020-03-05)

#213

I'm signing because our hpcsa fees are really high. A reduction would be great.

(South Africa, 2020-03-05)

#216

This is mad. I’m a state employed optom and my salary cannot cover a fee like this when other allied health professionals are paying half and doctors earning 4 or 5 times my salary are paying the same amounts.

(Cape Town, 2020-03-05)

#217

As a member of the Namibian Optometric Association, South-Africa's HPCSA rates directly affect our HPCNA rates and also the salary an optometrist is paid, is not near that of what a general practitioner pays.

(Keetmanshoop, 2020-03-05)

#228

Fees too high

(Chatsworth, 2020-03-05)

#230

To reduce Optometrists fee

(Newcastle, 2020-03-05)

#239

I would like to pay a reduced fee, agree with the above sentiments

(GAUTENG, 2020-03-05)

#246

I feel the amount is ridiculously high.
I what do we get from it?

(Middelburg, 2020-03-05)

#248

HPCSA fee for Optometrist is too much

(Hartswater, 2020-03-05)

#249

The annual fee is too expensive

(Tzaneen, 2020-03-05)

#255

Its too high that other allied profession

(Y, 2020-03-05)

#258

I cannot afford these fees
Penalize those who have incurred costs
Reduce fees to those who have no record of wrong doing

(Durban, 2020-03-05)

#261

The fees I pay are very high and I cannot afford them.

(Tzaneen, 2020-03-05)

#265

I'm signing because the fees are too high that I cannot afford to pay them

(Ladysmith, 2020-03-05)

#267

This amount charged is too high

(Soweto, 2020-03-05)

#271

High HPCSA fees must fall

(Pretoria, 2020-03-05)

#273

The fees are too high.

(Tshwane, 2020-03-05)

#277

Annual fees are too high I can't afford it

(Malamulele, 2020-03-05)

#281

The fees are way too high for our income bracket. Also in comparison to other professions closer to our own! This has to change!

(Johannesburg, 2020-03-05)

#282

Why must i pay nearly the same amount of hcspa fees as a docter with a title that charges much more. Optometrists need a reduction in fees or our scopes must be increased then.

(Johannesburg, 2020-03-05)

#283

One of the excuses stated in the newsletter was if there's few professionals in that board then the higher the fees. Now my question is, there's more Speech Therapists in our country than Optoms???

(Eshowe, 2020-03-05)

#288

I am a dispensing optician and has to payR2350 and I am being paid much less than an optometrist and can’t afford to pay this amount anymore We get the worst benefits from medical aids but have high HPCSA fees This is enough

(Secunda, 2020-03-05)

#298

I can't afford the annual registration fees

(Polokwane, 2020-03-05)

#299

We are being ripped off

(Tzaneeen, 2020-03-05)

#300

It's ridiculous that our fees are so high in comparison to other health care professionals. And for no apparent reason.

(Pretoria, 2020-03-05)

#301

I'm signing Because the fees we are paying are too exorbitant.

(Makhado, 2020-03-05)

#302

I'm signing because as a locum optometrist I feel we should have a separate reduced fee that is lower and on top of all the fees we are paying for licensing and labs, this HPCSA fee is just too much

(Clayville East, 2020-03-05)

#306

I find the annual Hpcsa fees for an Optometrist to be exorbitant.

(Johannesburg, 2020-03-05)

#314

I feel abused and taken advantage of. Why should we pay way more than our peers as primary healthcare professionals?

(Lephalale, 2020-03-05)

#316

In comparison our fees are MUCH higher than other professions

(Johannesburg, 2020-03-05)

#325

The amount we are required to pay is way too much, we cannot afford it

(Polokwane, 2020-03-05)

#326

The fees are unjustifiably high: optometrists do not earn as much as other healthcare professionals paying the same amount in fees. Also, a 17% annual increase in fees is unacceptable.

(Port Elizabeth, 2020-03-05)

#327

I dnt feel it is fair that optometrists pay so much more than other health care practitioners

(Durban, 2020-03-05)

#329

I am an Optometrist and the HPCSA fees are becoming exceptionally unaffordable for the average Optometrist

(Johannesburg, 2020-03-05)

#337

Exorbitant annual fees

(Polokwane, 2020-03-05)

#344

Inappropriate amount,is sky high

(Polokwane, 2020-03-05)

#347

I cannot afford the fees

(Pretoria, 2020-03-05)

#349

Optometrists do indeed need more recognition as medical practitioners, and shouldn't just be charged as such.

(Johannesburg, 2020-03-05)

#357

We don't get paid what a GP gets paid... Why should we then pay almost the same annual fee as them. If we are grouped under allied health why are other members under allied health paying much less then us.

(Welkom, 2020-03-05)

#358

The HPCSA fee is unbelievably high for Optometrists

(Johannesburg, 2020-03-05)

#359

I’m signing because of unfair high annual fees for optometrist.

(Mthatha, 2020-03-05)

#362

I agree that we need lower fees for Optometrist.

(Paarl, 2020-03-05)

#368

I am signing because the amount is very high compared to job consideration in hand.

(Kigali, 2020-03-05)

#374

Our annual fee does not make any sense at all

(Nelspruit, 2020-03-05)

#376

It is extremely high and we get nothing in return. The escalation is also extreme

(Secunda, 2020-03-05)

#379

The fees are too much for us as primary health care practitioners

(Boksburg, 2020-03-05)

#385

I am signing as a Optical dispenser. Our fees are way too high. Our earning capacity is nowhere near optometrist or medical practitioner.

(Cape Town, 2020-03-05)

#386

I'm signing because as an employee earning a basic salary I can't afford the exorbitant fees charged yearly by the HPCSA for me to practice as an Optometrist.

(Bloemfontein, 2020-03-05)

#388

I find the amount way too high.

(Pretoria, 2020-03-05)

#389

The fees are too much, and the increase is so high compared to other fields.

(Polokwane, 2020-03-05)

#393

The fees are too high and the pay is too little

(Bela Bela, 2020-03-05)

#395

Our amount that we pay is ridiculous compared to Doctor's amount

(Bryanston, 2020-03-05)

#397

The fees that we pay are way above any other professional it is unreasonably high and every year it goes up without regulations in place . I have been practicing since 2002 and it is outrageous.

(Cape Town, 2020-03-05)

#399

I agree optometrists fees are too excessive

(pietermaritzburg, 2020-03-05)