The regulator has sent out registration notices to Australia’s doctors… less than 24 hours after news broke of its involvement in a major privacy breach.
Doctors across Australia will be shelling out an extra $75 to AHPRA for their registration this year, with payment notices landing in inboxes hot on the heels of a major privacy breach involving 136 clinicians.
This year, doctors will have to pay a national fee of $1102, a 7.3% increase on the previous year’s fee of $1027.
At the same time, Medicare indexation this year was 2.6%. The Consumer Price Index, meanwhile, was 4.2% across all services and 4% across health services alone.
That means that, this year, the AHPRA medical registration fee has risen at a higher rate than CPI, while patient rebates have shrunk relative to CPI.
Last year, the fee hike was just a 3.2% increase on the previous year. The Medical Board’s rationale at the time was to limit the fee increase below indexation.
Doctors in NSW will continue to pay a discounted rate; this year it is $925.
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Late renewals will now incur a $50 fee – a 60% increase on the 2023/24 registration year.
Under reforms enacted last year, doctors who have recently taken an extended period of parental leave, disability leave or carer’s leave will be able to apply for a 30% rebate on their annual renewal.
Doctors registering for the first time will pay application fees of $1661 alongside the registration fee of $1102.
The fee will cover registration from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.
Doctors with a criminal history will be assessed under a revised national registration standard that took effect in mid-July, which is now accompanied with a guide. Practitioners will have to cover the cost of the check.
Non-practising doctors will pay $213, with NSW doctors receiving a $7 rebate.
Doctors can renew their registration online through the AHPRA website.
