Annual report 2023/24

See the standout stats from 2023/24.

The theme of this year’s report is ‘Leadership and collaboration for safer healthcare’. Read about our efforts to address workforce needs and to respond to emerging areas of public risk.

Our areas of focus this year included growing the workforce, cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, addressing emerging risk, protecting patients from sexual misconduct, and practitioner wellbeing.

The National Boards work to ensure safe, quality healthcare by practitioners across Australia working in 16 professions. Learn about their activities in 2023/24.

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

Collaboration with stakeholders and continued streamlining of registration processes was a focus of our work in 2023/24.

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

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

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

We collaborate across professions and with other organisations to make sure that our standards, codes and guidelines are supported by strong evidence.

Reporting on our leadership, risk and assurance management, freedom of information requests and administrative complaints.

Reporting on the financial management of Ahpra and the National Boards.