What data are already available and who should I ask?

We want you to find the data and information you are looking for quickly and easily. Before you make a data access request, check to see if the data you are looking for is already published and available.

Our published data

We make a range of data and information about registered health practitioners and about how we work publicly available, including:

• Annual Reports 
• Health profession demographic snapshots
• Performance reports
• Quarterly registration data
• Previous data requests
• summaries of panel decisions deemed to be of educational and clinical value, and 
• summaries for most court and tribunal decisions, with a full library of published hearing decisions from adjudication bodies (other than panels) available on the AustLII website.

The Register of practitioners

The national Register of practitioners provides up to date information on practitioners who are registered to practise. This is publicly available with limited search capability and copies or extracts of the register can be requested.

Please note that the Register of practitioners:

• does not include contact information (such as mailing addresses or email addresses – please see Requests to contact registered health practitioners for more information 
• includes current information (i.e. it does not include information from previous years or points in time), and 
• includes specific data items.

Copies of each register are charged at a fee of $2000 for each copy. This fee may be waived for Commonwealth, state and territory agencies/entities and registration authorities. Please email our Practitioner information exchange (PIE) on dataexchange@ahpra.gov.au if you wish to purchase an extract of the Register of practitioners.

Practitioner information exchange for healthcare organisations

In addition to the Register of practitioners, Ahpra offers a service which provides approved healthcare organisations and employers with regular updates on the registration status of their health practitioners. Please see the Practitioner Information Exchange section on our website if you would like further information on this service, including the licensing structure and requirements to become a data partner.

Health workforce data

If you are interested in data about the health practitioner workforce, Ahpra and the National Boards in conjunction with the Australian Government Department of Health, collect information required for workforce planning through the registration renewal process.

The Department of Health make this data available through an online data tool. Accessing this tool is straightforward and provides information on a range of registration and workforce data, such as demographics, specialties, hours worked, scope of practice and area of practice. For further information on, or access to, the workforce survey data, please go to the Department of Health’s website Health Workforce Data page.

Published research

When our data and information are used for research purposes, they are often published as research outcomes in academic journals and publications. Below is a list of published research where other researchers have used Ahpra and National Board data and where Ahpra has carried out its own research. Where publications can be accessed freely by the public, links to these external websites have been provided.