Medicine

Health Impairment Notifications About Doctors to the Australian Medical Regulator, 2012–2022: A Retrospective Cohort Study

M. Bismark, Dilanka Hettiarachchi, Martin G Fletcher, Owen Bradfield, Anu Tayal, Y. Taouk

2026.1.1MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

DOI: 10.5694/mja2.70131

Abstract

To assess the prevalence, characteristics and outcomes of health impairment notifications to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and to assess the influence of doctor age, sex, specialty, practice location and country of training on the incidence of health impairment notifications.

Citation format

BISMARK, M., et al. Health impairment notifications about doctors to the australian medical regulator, 2012–2022: A retrospective cohort study. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 2026, 224(1): e70131.