Ahpra in numbers

Registration

801,659 health practitioners in 16 professions registered in Australia in 2019/20
There were over 57,222 more registrants in 2019/20 than last year (up from 744,437)
81,437 applications for registration received across all professions
193,800 students studying to be health practitioners through an approved program of study or clinical training program
77,677 domestic and international criminal history checks made
3,131 (4.0%) of these found disclosable court outcomes. Applicants were granted registration when the nature of their disclosable court outcome had little relevance to their ability to practise safely and competently.
96.4% of registrants completed an online workforce survey at renewal
99.4% of registrants renewed and completed their registration online

10,236 notifications were lodged with Ahpra about health practitioners in 2019/20
16,858 notifications were lodged overall (including complaints managed by the Health Professional Councils Authority in NSW and the Office of the Health Ombudsman in Queensland)
1.6% of all registered health practitioners were the subject of a notification
9.6% increase in notifications received by Ahpra
580 times immediate action was taken to restrict or suspend the registration of a practitioner
4.0% fewer mandatory notifications received
3.5% more notifications were closed by Ahpra in 2019/20 than in the previous year (9,291 closures).

2,629 practitioners were monitored for health, performance and/or conduct
89 conditions or undertakings listed in our National restrictions library, which are used to restrict registration to protect the public

11 prosecutions completion, all resulting in a finding of guilt
132 matters determined by tribunals, 100% resulted in disciplinary action
412 offence complaints received relating to title protection; 420 closed following investigation
584 advertising-related complaints received

This year, there were a total of 493 appointments made:
- 8 Ministerial appointments of National Board member
- 235 National Board appointments of national committee and panel members
- 51 Ministerial appointments of state, territory or regional board members
- 199 National Board appointments of state, territory and regional committee members

Ahpra answered an average of 1,044 phone calls and responded to 280 web enquiries each work day
469 media enquiries responded to
274 freedom of information applications were finalised

61 media releases issued
474 news items published
51 Board newsletters published
77 court and tribunal summaries published
32,020 Facebook likes, up 31.3% from last year
9,800 Twitter followers, up 13.8% from last year
71,213 LinkedIn followers, up 117.1% from last year
993 Instagram followers, in our first year
170,138 interactions (likes, shares and comments) made on our social posts
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and cultural safety strategy 2020-2025 launched
Over 1 million searches of the Register of practitioners

For more information about how we have performed, and to download our latest annual report, see the 2019/20 annual report.