AHPRA in Numbers

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AHPRA in numbers 2011/12

  • On 30 June 2012, there were more than 548,500 health practitioners from 10 professions registered in the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme, an increase of 3.47% on 30 June 2011.
  • AHPRA renewed the registration of more than 557,000 health practitioners.
  • AHPRA generated more than 1.5 million email registration renewal reminders.
  • AHPRA responded to more than 517,000 phone calls to state and territory offices; more than 80% of which were answered within 90 seconds. The most common question was from practitioners asking about the status of their current application.
  • AHPRA manages 15 websites, including one for each National Board. These hosted almost eight million visits and there were more than 45 million page views.
  • There were almost 39,000 enquiries at the state and territory office counters.
  • AHPRA issued close to 550,000 certificates of registration to health practitioners across Australia.
  • The National Scheme received 7,594 notifications about health practitioners; 775 of them were mandatory reports.
  • There were more than 1,500 meetings of National Boards, state and territory boards and their committees.
  • There were more than 110,000 students studying to be health practitioners in Australia at the end of the year. A register of these currently enrolled students is maintained by AHPRA as part of the national register, with information collected from 145 education providers.
  • 12 new registration standards were approved by Ministerial Council and published by the National Boards.
  • AHPRA and the National Boards issued nearly 100 media releases, as well as responding to more than 1,300 media enquiries.
  • AHPRA published six issues of AHPRA Report, a regular newsletter containing updates and news.
  • The National Boards issued 20 newsletters and more than 100 communiqués.
  • AHPRA requested more than 68,000 criminal history checks.
  • AHPRA maintained a suite of around 300 forms to support a wide range of complex and technical interactions between practitioners and AHPRA/National Boards.
  • AHPRA undertook the largest ever renewal in Australia when more than 333,000 nurses and midwives renewed their registration in May 2011. More than 92% renewed online.