Review of AHPRA’s emergency powers launched after concerns that immediate suspensions can last years
The National Health Practitioner Ombudsman started its review in June.
AHPRA’s use of emergency powers is being reviewed amid escalating concerns that investigations into suspended doctors, or those with registration conditions, are taking years.
The National Health Practitioner Ombudsman (NHPO), which fields complaints about AHPRA, initiated a review in June of whether the national boards’ policies enabled “timely and procedurally fair outcomes”.
