Rather than quote an invented startup figure, here are the real cost categories to budget for
Training (microsuction and irrigation are plausibly separate course costs), core equipment (a suction unit and/or irrigator, visualisation tools, an otoscope, specula), insurance, a DBS fee if pursued, the ICO data protection fee, business registration, vehicle running costs, marketing setup, and a working-capital buffer.
A CQC registration fee is a conditional cost that only applies if your own CQC determination requires it — not something every practitioner in this trade will pay.
Your reusable-specula-plus-sterilisation vs. single-use-only choice is one of the biggest cost-shape decisions, and affects ongoing consumable costs too.
This trade's training and insurance costs vary too widely across competing providers to responsibly give a single example total — use the Startup Cost Calculator to build your own from real quotes.
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