Key statistics about the work of AHPRA and the National Boards.
At a Glance 2010-11
- On 30 June 2011, there were more than 530,000 health practitioners from 10 professions registered under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme.
- More than 46,000 health practitioners across the professions have registered, many for the first time which means new practitioners delivering health services throughout Australia.
- AHPRA renewed the registration of more than 630,000 health practitioners. Some practitioners renewed more than once in the process of aligning national renewal dates for each profession.
- The AHPRA website at www.ahpra.gov.au hosted close to six million visits.
- AHPRA responded to 310,000 phone calls to state and territory offices from January to June 2011.
- AHPRA issued more than 850,000 certificates of registration to health practitioners across Australia.
- The National Scheme received 8,139 notifications about health practitioners, 428 of them mandatory reports.
- There were almost 1,500 meetings of National Boards, state and territory boards and their committees.
- There were almost 100,000 students registered after the student register was introduced in April 2011.
- AHPRA conducted Australia’s largest-ever simultaneous renewal of health practitioner registration in May and June 2011 when 320,000 practitioners renewed registration.
- Online renewal rates increased significantly over 12 months – up from an average of 60% when the National Scheme began, to more than 80% of practitioners renewing online by year’s end.
- More than 91% of practitioners have provided their email address to AHPRA, improving direct communication about registration renewals and important board issues.
- One in 44 Australians – or one of every 20 working Australians - is a registered health practitioner.