Review finds AHPRA lacks ‘clear process’ for helping doctors under investigation at risk of self-harm
AHPRA says it has accepted all 15 recommendations from the review.
An AHPRA review that identified 16 suicides of health practitioners under investigation found there was no clear process for investigators to escalate concerns about a practitioner’s mental health.
The review of practitioner distress led by Psychology Board of Australia chair Rachel Phillips, identified 16 suicides and four instances of self-harm between 2018 and 2021.
These statistics were revealed in March, with AHPRA CEO Martin Fletcher calling them “deeply confronting”.
The expert advisory group that undertook the review published a 12-page report on AHPRA’s website a month ago.
