Should AHPRA fees be the same for all?
9th September 2014
By Jo Hartley
AHPRA registration fees for doctors have risen this year, but fees for eight other health professionals have fallen, with osteopaths enjoying a $100 reduction.

The disparity of fee rises and fee cuts between the different health professions has been criticised by some GPs, who say that the introduction of a national registration scheme in 2010 was meant to deliver cost savings.
"Medical practitioners have already experienced a significant increase in the cost of medical registration upon implementation of the national registration scheme with limited observable benefits," outgoing RACGP