Organisation

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

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Acronym:
AHPRA
Journal article

Trends in retention and attrition in nine regulated health professions in Australia

Sunita Bayyavarapu Bapuji, Sarah Anderson, Eva Saar
This study finds that while the overall number of health practitioners has increased by almost 30% in ten years, replacement rates fluctuate and certain groups (such as males and older practitioners) are more likely to leave. It highlights burnout, lack of recognition and low job satisfaction as key drivers in leaving or considering leaving the...
Report

Midwifery futures: building the future Australian midwifery workforce

Zoe Bradfield, Kathleen Baird, Jennifer Fenwick, Joanne Gray, Melanie Robinson.

This in-depth analysis of the midwifery profession reveals widespread staffing shortfalls, particularly in non-metropolitan areas. The report says that the workforce is in crisis and urgent action is needed to boost midwifery students by a fifth. The report provides more than 30 recommendations to grow the midwifery workforce and ensure its future.
Discussion paper

Keeping hope: identifying and minimising the risk of distress in practitioners involved in a regulatory process


​​​​​​​This paper reports on the first phase of the quality improvement work to better understand practitioner distress and consider further improvements to manage and mitigate that distress during a regulatory process.
Guide

Ahpra and National Boards regulatory guide


This guide sets out how Ahpra and the National Boards manage notifications about the health, performance and conduct of practitioners under Part 8 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.
Report

A unique and substantial achievement: ten years of national health practitioner regulation in Australia


This report outlines the history and regulatory achievement of nationalising Australia's health workforce, from 85 separate health practitioner boards and more than 65 different pieces of legislation to a single national registration scheme for health professionals, as well as a single national accreditation system for education and training.

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