Annual report 2022/23

Growing a safe workforce

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the National Boards, reporting on the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme

Overview

Overview

The theme of this year’s annual report is ‘Growing a safe workforce’. Read about our work to help expand the workforce and improve safety.

National Boards

National Boards

The National Boards work to ensure safe, quality healthcare by practitioners across Australia. Learn more about their activities in 2022/23.

Accreditation

Accreditation

Accreditation helps ensure that people seeking registration are suitably trained, qualified and competent to practise as health practitioners.

Registration

Registration

Responding to the increasing pressure on Australia’s health workforce was a priority across much of our work in 2022/23.

Notifications

Notifications

Hearing from individuals or organisations with concerns is an important way we monitor safety and professionalism among registered health professionals.

Compliance

Compliance

Placing restrictions on a practitioner’s registration allows them to start or continue providing healthcare while keeping the public safe.

Legal action

Legal action

Allegations of professional misconduct by practitioners are decided by independent panels and tribunals. We prosecute allegations of criminal offences under the National Law.

Improving Health Practice

Improving health practice

The National Boards and Ahpra regularly collaborate across professions and with communities and governments on shared policy issues. Read about what we’ve been doing.

Organisation

Organisation

Leadership, risk and assurance management, FOI and administrative complaints.

Finance

Finance

Financial management of Ahpra and the National Boards.