ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 Index of tables

Each year with the release of our annual report, we publish a wealth of data about Australia’s health practitioners and our regulatory activities. There are three sets of tables:

• tables that appear in the annual report itself
• supplementary tables
• profession-specific tables

This page lists all the tables that are published in or alongside the 2023/24 annual report and provides links to download them.

Tables that appear in the report

Tables 1–6 and 32–41 are not available in Excel. They can be viewed in the PDF of the full report.

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  • Table 1. Specialties (medical practitioners)
  • Table 2. Divisions and endorsements (nurses and midwives)
  • Table 3. Statutory appointments
  • Table 4. Board and committee diversity 
  • Table 5. Payments to Board Chairs
  • Table 6. National Board funding contributions 
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  • Table 7. Registered health practitioners, 30 June 
  • Table 8. All applications finalised, by profession and outcome
  • Table 9. Criminal history checks and disclosable court outcomes
  • Table 10. Newly registered international practitioners
  • Table 11. Health practitioners who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
  • Table 12. Registered students
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  • Table 13. Notifications received, by profession and state or territory
  • Table 14. Number of practitioners with notifications (including HPCA and OHO)
  • Table 15. Percentage of all registered health practitioners with notifications (including HPCA and OHO)
  • Table 16. Types of concerns raised 
  • Table 17. Notifications received about boundary violations 
  • Table 18. Mandatory notifications received
  • Table 19. Immediate action cases 
  • Table 20. Age of notifications open at 30 June, by stage
  • Table 21. Notifications closed, by outcome, Ahpra
  • Table 22. Notifications closed, by outcome, HPCA 
  • Table 23. Closed notifications by seriousness of outcome
  • Table 24. Initial joint consideration with the Office of the Health Ombudsman
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  • Table 25. Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by profession
  • Table 26. Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by state or territory
  • Table 27. Top 10 restriction categories, 30 June
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  • Table 28. Appeals lodged, by profession and jurisdiction
  • Table 29. Outcome of appeals finalised
  • Table 30. Criminal offence complaints received and closed, by type of offence and profession
  • Table 31. Completed prosecutions
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  • Table 32. Requests for access to data for research
  • Table 33. Staff, 30 June
  • Table 34. Finalised FOI applications 
  • Table 35. Documents sought in finalised applications 
  • Table 36. Source of administrative complaints 
  • Table 37. All issues raised in complaints 
  • Table 38. Administrative complaints, by profession and service area
  • Table 39. Action taken to resolve issues
  • Table 40. Financial summary 2019/20 to 2023/24
  • Table 41. Financial performance and equity held by National Boards 2023/24

Supplementary tables

• Download the registration supplementary tables
  • Table R1: Applications received, by profession, registration type and state or territory
  • Table R2: Renewals at standard renewal cycle, by proportion renewed online
  • Table R3: Registered practitioners, by profession, registration type and state or territory
  • Table R4: Registered Chinese medicine, dental and medical radiation practitioners, and nurses and midwives, by division
  • Table R5: Registered practitioners, by profession and age
  • Table R6: Age ranges, by percentage of profession, for all 16 registered health professions
  • Table R7: Nursing/midwifery age range, by percentage
  • Table R8: Registered practitioners, by profession, principal place of practice and gender
  • Table R9: Health practitioners with specialties
  • Table R10: Registered practitioners, by profession, endorsement or notation, and state or territory
  • Table R11: Nature of area of practice endorsements held by psychologists
  • Table R12: Registered practitioners, by state or territory, three-year trend
• Download the notifications supplementary tables
  • Table N1: Notifications received, by profession and issue category
  • Table N2: Notifications received, by profession and notification source
  • Table N3: Outcomes of assessments finalised (excluding HPCA)
  • Table N4: Outcomes of investigations finalised (excluding HPCA)
  • Table N5: Outcomes of cases (notifications) closed at panel hearings (including HPCA)
  • Table N6A: Outcomes of cases (notifications) closed at tribunals, by profession
  • Table N6B: Outcomes of cases (notifications) closed at tribunals, by jurisdiction
  • Table N7: Distinct practitioners in Ahpra notifications closed at tribunal hearing stage by profession and outcome
  • Table N8: Registrants involved in mandatory notifications, by state or territory (including HPCA and OHO)
  • Table N9: Registrants involved in mandatory notifications by profession
  • Table N10: Immediate action arising from mandatory notifications
  • Table N11: Outcomes from immediate action initiatives arising from mandatory notifications within the HPCA jurisdiction
  • Table N11A: Outcomes from immediate action initiatives arising from mandatory notifications within the OHO jurisdiction
  • Table N12: Outcome of assessments for mandatory notifications, by grounds for the notification
  • Table N13: Outcome of assessments for mandatory notifications, by profession
  • Table N14: Outcome of assessments for mandatory notifications about medical practitioners, by grounds for the notification
  • Table N15: Outcome of assessments for mandatory notifications about nurses and midwives, by grounds for the notification
  • Table N16: Outcome of assessments for mandatory notifications about pharmacists, by grounds for the notification
  • Table N17: Outcome of assessments for mandatory notifications about psychologists, by grounds for the notification
  • Table N18: Stage at closure for mandatory notifications
  • Table N19: Notifications open at 30 June, by stage
  • Table N20: Percentage of all registered health practitioners with notifications made about them, by profession and state or territory (including HPCA and OHO)
  • Table N21: Student notifications received
  • Table N22: Outcomes of notifications about students, by stage at closure
  • Table N23: Grounds for mandatory notifications received, by profession
  • Table N24: Outcomes of mandatory notifications closed, by profession
  • Table N25: The number of concerns raised in notifications
  • Table N26: Notifications closed, by stage at closure
  • Table N27: Notifications open at 30 June, by profession and state or territory
  • Table N28: Closed notification outcomes
  • Table N29: Notifications closed, by age and stage at closure
• Download the legal action supplementary tables
  • Table A1: Nature of decisions appealed for appeals lodged, by profession
  • Table A2: Nature of decisions appealed for appeals lodged, by jurisdiction
  • Table A3: Appeals finalised, by profession and jurisdiction
  • Table A4: Appeals finalised where the application was withdrawn, by profession and jurisdiction
  • Table A5: Nature of decisions appealed in cases where the application was withdrawn
  • Table A6: Outcome of appeals finalised where consent orders were filed or a contested hearing conducted or where the appeal was withdrawn, by profession (including HPCA)
  • Table CO1: Criminal offences received and closed, by profession and jurisdiction
  • Table CO2: Criminal offences received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction

Additional tables for each profession

• Download the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners additional tables
  • Table 1: Registrant numbers at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registrants by age
  • Table 3: Registrants by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 5: Percentage of registrants with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Immediate action cases, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 8: Notifications closed, by stage at closure
  • Table 9: Notifications closed, by outcome at closure
  • Table 10: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
• Download the Chinese medicine practitioners additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of registered Chinese medicine practitioners at 30 June
  • Table 2: Chinese medicine practitioners, by division and state or territory
  • Table 3: Registered Chinese medicine practitioners, by age
  • Table 4: Registered Chinese medicine practitioners, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 5: Notifications received about Chinese medicine practitioners, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Notifications received, by division and state or territory
  • Table 7: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 8: Notifications received about sexual boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 9: Immediate action cases, by division and state or territory
  • Table 10: Outcomes of immediate actions
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 12: Notifications closed, by division and state or territory
  • Table 13: Notifications closed, by division and stage at closure
  • Table 14: Notifications closed, by division and outcome at closure
  • Table 15: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 16: Statutory offence complaints received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Chiropractors additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of registered chiropractors at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered chiropractors, by age 
  • Table 3: Registered chiropractors, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Notifications received about chiropractors, by state or territory
  • Table 5: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Notifications received about sexual boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Immediate action cases, by state or territory
  • Table 8: Outcomes of immediate actions
  • Table 9: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 10: Notifications closed, by stage at closure 
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by outcome at closure
  • Table 12: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 13: Criminal offence complaints received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Dental practitioners additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of registered dental practitioners at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered dental practitioners, by age 
  • Table 3: Registered dental practitioners, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Registered dental practitioners, by division and state or territory
  • Table 5: Notifications received about dental practitioners, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Notifications received, by division and state or territory
  • Table 7: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 8: Notifications received about sexual boundary issues, by profession and state or territory
  • Table 9: Immediate action cases by division and state or territory
  • Table 10: Outcomes of immediate actions
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 12: Notifications closed, by division and state or territory
  • Table 13: Notifications closed, by division and stage at closure
  • Table 14: Notifications closed, by division and outcome at closure 
  • Table 15: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 16: Criminal offence complaints about dental practitioners, received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Medical practitioners additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of registered medical practitioners at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered medical practitioners, by age
  • Table 3: Medical practitioners by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Medical practitioners by principal place of practice and registration type
  • Table 5: Medical practitioners by specialty and principal place of practice at 30 June
  • Table 6: Notifications received about medical practitioners, including matters closed and those remaining open at 30 June, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Notifications received by state and territory; year-on-year comparison
  • Table 8: Percentage of practitioners with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 9: Notifications received about sexual boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 10: Open notifications at 30 June, by state or territory
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 12: Notifications closed, by stage at closure 
  • Table 13: Medical practitioners with mandatory notifications
  • Table 14: Mandatory notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 15: Outcomes of assessment for mandatory notifications, by grounds for the notification
  • Table 16: Outcomes at closure for mandatory notifications closed
  • Table 17: Immediate action cases by state or territory
  • Table 18: Outcomes of immediate actions
  • Table 19: Outcomes at closure for notifications closed
  • Table 20: Outcomes of assessments finalised 
  • Table 21: Outcomes of investigations finalised
  • Table 22: Outcomes from panel hearings finalised
  • Table 23: Outcomes from tribunal hearings finalised
  • Table 24: Monitoring cases at 30 June, by state or territory
  • Table 25: Monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 26: Criminal offence complaints received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Medical radiation practitioners additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of registered medical radiation practitioners at 30 June
  • Table 2: Medical radiation practitioners, by division and state or territory
  • Table 3: Registered medical radiation practitioners, by age 
  • Table 4: Registered medical radiation practitioners, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 5: Notifications received about medical radiation practitioners, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Notifications received, by division and state or territory
  • Table 7: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 8: Notifications received about sexual boundary issues, by profession and state or territory
  • Table 9: Immediate action cases by state or territory
  • Table 10: Outcomes of immediate actions for medical radiation practitioners
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 12: Notifications closed, by division and state or territory
  • Table 13: Notifications closed, by division and stage at closure
  • Table 14: Notifications closed, by outcome at closure
  • Table 15: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 16: Criminal offence complaints about medical radiation practitioners, received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Midwives additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of midwives at 30 June
  • Table 2: Midwives by registration type and state or territory
  • Table 3: Midwives by age
  • Table 4: Midwives by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 5: Dual-registered nurses and midwives by division
  • Table 6: Midwives by principal place of practice and endorsements
  • Table 7: Notifications received about midwives, by state or territory
  • Table 8: Percentage of notifications received about midwives, by state or territory
  • Table 9: Notifications received, closed, and open at 30 June, by state or territory
  • Table 10: Notifications received about sexual boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 11: Open notifications at 30 June, by state or territory
  • Table 12: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 13: Notifications closed, by state or territory, by stage at closure
  • Table 14: Number of practitioners with mandatory notifications made about them
  • Table 15: Mandatory notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 16: Outcomes of assessment for mandatory notifications about midwives, by grounds for the notification
  • Table 17: Outcomes at closure for mandatory notifications about midwives
  • Table 18: Immediate action cases by state or territory
  • Table 19: Outcomes of immediate actions for midwifery
  • Table 20: Outcomes at closure for notifications closed
  • Table 21: Outcomes of assessments finalised
  • Table 22: Outcomes of investigations finalised
  • Table 23: Outcomes from panel hearings finalised
  • Table 24: Outcomes from tribunal hearings finalised
  • Table 25: Monitoring cases at 30 June, by state or territory
  • Table 26: Monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 27: Criminal offence complaints received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Nurses additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of nurses at 30 June
  • Table 2: Nurses by registration type and state or territory
  • Table 3: Nurses by age
  • Table 4: Nurses by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 5: Nurses by division
  • Table 6: Nurses by profession, principal place of practice and endorsements
  • Table 7: Nurses by principal place of practice and notations
  • Table 8: Notifications received about nurses, by state or territory
  • Table 9: Percentage of notifications received about nurses, by state or territory
  • Table 10: Notifications received about nurses, by division and state or territory
  • Table 11: Notifications received, closed, and open at 30 June, by state or territory
  • Table 12: Notifications received about sexual boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 13: Open notifications at 30 June, by state or territory
  • Table 14: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 15: Notifications closed, by stage at closure
  • Table 16: Number of practitioners with mandatory notifications made about them
  • Table 17: Mandatory notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 18: Outcomes of assessment for mandatory notifications about nurses, by grounds for the notification
  • Table 19: Outcomes at closure for mandatory notifications about nurses
  • Table 20: Immediate action cases by state or territory
  • Table 21: Outcomes of immediate actions for nursing
  • Table 22: Outcomes at closure for notifications closed
  • Table 23: Outcomes of assessments finalised
  • Table 24: Outcomes of investigations finalised
  • Table 25: Outcomes from panel hearings finalised
  • Table 26: Outcomes from tribunal hearings finalised
  • Table 27: Monitoring cases at 30 June, by state or territory
  • Table 28: Monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 29: Criminal offence complaints received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Occupational therapists additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of registered occupational therapists at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered occupational therapists, by age
  • Table 3: Registered occupational therapists, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Notifications received about occupational therapists, by state or territory
  • Table 5: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Notifications received about sexual boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Immediate action cases by state or territory
  • Table 8: Outcomes of immediate action cases
  • Table 9: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 10: Notifications closed, by stage at closure
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by outcome at closure
  • Table 12: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 13: Criminal offence complaints about occupational therapists, received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Optometrists additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of registered optometrists at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered optometrists, by age 
  • Table 3: Registered optometrists, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Notifications received about optometrists, by state or territory
  • Table 5: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Notifications received about sexual boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Immediate action cases by state or territory
  • Table 8: Outcomes of immediate actions
  • Table 9: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 10: Notifications closed, by stage at closure 
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by outcome at closure
  • Table 12: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 13: Criminal offence complaints about optometrists, received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Osteopaths additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of registered osteopaths at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered osteopaths, by age
  • Table 3: Registered osteopaths, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Notifications received about osteopaths, by state or territory
  • Table 5: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Immediate action cases, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Notifications received about sexual boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 8: Outcomes of immediate actions
  • Table 9: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 10: Notifications closed, by stage at closure
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by outcome at closure
  • Table 12: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 13: Criminal offence complaints about osteopaths, received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Paramedics additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of registered paramedics at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered paramedics, by age
  • Table 3: Registered paramedics, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Notifications received about paramedics, by state or territory
  • Table 5: Percentage of paramedics with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Notifications received about professional boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Immediate action cases by state or territory
  • Table 8: Outcomes of immediate action cases
  • Table 9: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 10: Notifications closed, by stage at closure
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by outcome at closure
  • Table 12: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 13: Criminal offence complaints about paramedics, received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Pharmacists additional tables
  • Table 1: Registrant numbers at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered pharmacists by age
  • Table 3: Registered pharmacists by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Notifications received about pharmacists, by state or territory
  • Table 5: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Notifications received about professional boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Immediate action cases by state or territory
  • Table 8: Outcomes of immediate actions for pharmacists
  • Table 9: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 10: Notifications closed, by stage at closure
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by outcome at closure
  • Table 12: Outcomes of assessment for mandatory notifications, by grounds for the notification
  • Table 13: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 14: Criminal offence complaints
• Download the Physiotherapists additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of physiotherapists at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered physiotherapists, by age 
  • Table 3: Registered physiotherapists, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Notifications received about physiotherapists, by state or territory
  • Table 5: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Notifications received about professional boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Immediate action cases by state or territory
  • Table 8: Outcomes of immediate actions
  • Table 9: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 10: Notifications closed, by stage at closure
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by outcome at closure
  • Table 12: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 13: Criminal offence complaints about physiotherapists, received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Podiatrists additional tables
  • Table 1: Podiatrists at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered podiatrists, by age
  • Table 3: Registered podiatrists, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Registered podiatrists at 30 June, by registration type
  • Table 5: Registrants holding an endorsement for scheduled medicines
  • Table 6: Notifications received about podiatrists and podiatric surgeons, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 8: Notifications received about professional boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 9: Immediate action cases by state or territory
  • Table 10: Outcomes of immediate actions
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 12: Notifications closed, by stage at closure
  • Table 13: Outcomes of notifications closed
  • Table 14: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 15: Criminal offence complaints about podiatry services, received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction
• Download the Psychologists additional tables
  • Table 1: Number of registered psychologists at 30 June
  • Table 2: Registered psychologists, by age 
  • Table 3: Registered psychologists, by principal place of practice and gender
  • Table 4: Number of area of practice endorsements held by psychologists
  • Table 5: Notifications received about psychologists, by state or territory
  • Table 6: Percentage of the profession with notifications received, by state or territory
  • Table 7: Notifications received about professional boundary issues, by state or territory
  • Table 8: Immediate action cases, by state or territory
  • Table 9: Outcomes of immediate actions
  • Table 10: Notifications closed, by state or territory
  • Table 11: Notifications closed, by stage at closure
  • Table 12: Notifications closed, by outcome at closure
  • Table 13: Outcomes of assessment for mandatory notifications, by grounds for the notification
  • Table 14: Active monitoring cases at 30 June, by stream
  • Table 15: Criminal offence complaints about psychologists, received and closed, by type of offence and jurisdiction