Annual report 2023/24 — Highlights

ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 Highlights

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920535 registered health practitioners

Increase of 4.9% on last year

96.9% hold practising registration

70,216 first-time registrants

41,599 domestic (including new graduates)

28,617 international

182,647 students

More than 800 approved programs of study delivered by more than 130 education providers

5.7% more health practitioners who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

3.4 registered health practitioners for every 100 Australians

Internationally qualified practitioners

Faster assessments:

it took 44.9% less time to finalise complete applications

5% more renewals than last year

840,816 practitioners renewed their registration

Most health practitioners practise safely

19,522 notifications made about 15,078 practitioners nationally

11,200 received by Ahpra

1.6% of all registered health practitioners received a notification

The most common concern was clinical care

of closed notifications resulted in the practitioner losing their registration or being disqualified from applying for registration

514

calls to cosmetic surgery hotline

547 criminal complaints received

Increase of 23.8% on last year

A custodial sentence was imposed for the first time under the National Law

Matters involving 180 practitioners (relating to 305 notifications) decided by a tribunal

12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were appointed to Boards and committees, bringing the current total to
44

8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander staff members were hired at Ahpra, bringing the total to
23