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In Practice: Updates to AHPRA registration renewals
With registrations now open, the health regulator has made changes to processes to add an extra layer of security.
AHPRA is reminding doctors to renew their registration by 30 September to avoid a late fee.
This week’s In Practice also includes an upcoming AHPRA webinar to help GPs understand regulatory processes, registrations open for GP25 pre-conference workshops and helping patients to prepare for power outages when using medical equipment at home.
Update on 2025 medical renewals
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is reminding medical practitioners to renew their registration by 30 September.
Renewal is different this year, with a new online AHPRA portal with multifactor authentication for extra security. When doctors first log in, they will need to link an authenticator app to their AHPRA portal. So far, more than 60,000 practitioners have logged in to their portals. Once they are in their portal, they will see an alert on the homepage inviting them to renew.
AHPRA’s portal help centre has all the information available, including:
Doctors do not need to pay for an authenticator app. AHPRA recommends the Google Authenticator app, which is free and compatible with the AHPRA portal.
AHPRA’s customer service team is proactively contacting doctors to assist with this new setup, and for those wanting to verify the authenticity of the call, they can call 1300 419 495.
Practitioner support and understanding regulatory processes
Webinar: Wednesday 20 August, 6.00–7.00 pm (AEST)
Register online
Going through AHPRA’s notifications process
can be distressing for health practitioners. To help explain the process and support available, AHPRA is holding a webinar open to everyone, but with a focus on the experience of practitioners and health-related concerns.
What to expect:
- A health practitioner sharing their personal experience of the notifications process
- Case studies, statistics and an overview of AHPRA’s processes, including typical outcomes
- Information about practitioner wellbeing and support services
- Opportunities to ask questions or provide comments throughout the webinar
Those concerned about privacy can register and join with a different name or email address.
Registrations open for GP25 pre-conference workshops
For those attending GP25, registrations are now open for the pre-conference workshops on Thursday 13 November. This year’s sessions cover:
- developing and ensuring contemporary and quality FRACGP exams
- dermatology in general practice – presented by Sonic Healthcare
- empowering women in rural general practice: leadership, advocacy and mentoring
- paediatrics masterclass for general practice – presented by Queensland Children’s Hospital.
Further workshop details are available on the
GP25 website. Registration must be done separately for pre-conference workshops, and cost is additional to conference registration.
FPS mentorship program
The
Focussed Psychological Strategies (FPS) mentorship program provides an opportunity for experienced GP providers of FPS (mentors) to guide and support newly trained GPs (mentees) towards becoming skilled FPS providers.
The aim of the program is to provide GPs with the opportunity to:
- connect with and learn from their peers in a supportive environment
- acquire best advice and guidance by sharing knowledge and experience working with mental health in general practice
- increase the use and uptake of FPS skills in general practice
- improve patient care and outcomes in mental health.
The FPS mentorship program will support a GP workforce that is better equipped to apply skills in FPS when treating and managing patients with mental health conditions. The program is also expected to enhance collegiality and connectivity between peers who have a common interest in mental health and general practice, and enhance professional growth and development.
Preparing for power outages when using medical equipment at home
Every person who uses medical equipment at home should have a plan in place for power outages, even if they are registered as a life support customer with their energy and water provider.
While registering as a life support customer provides some protections – including advanced notice for planned interruptions, no disconnection for non-payment and direct phone access to their provider – it does not provide prioritised energy restoration. The
Life Support Power Outage Plan campaign asks users of medical equipment at home to: CHECK. PLAN. DO.
The newly updated
campaign website includes a downloadable
My Power Outage Checklist, with users then guided to create a
My Power Outage Plan tailored to their unique needs that can then be shared with those they rely on for help in their community.
The campaign website supports accessibility and inclusion through the provision of easy-to-read information, multilingual and Auslan resources and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ designs, as well as tagged PDFs providing accessibility for people who are blind or have low vision.
GPs are encouraged to remind all patients who rely on medical equipment at home to plan for potential power outages by using these campaign tools.
Peri-operative medicine scholarships offered
The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) invites applications for one of two scholarships to undertake the
ANZCA Course in Perioperative Medicine in 2026. Funded by the Alan and Kate Gibson Fellowship, the scholarship is open to anaesthetists, surgeons, intensivists, physicians and GPs with a strong interest in peri-operative medicine and commitment to improving patient outcomes.
One of the scholarships is specifically for clinicians working in a regional or rural setting. More information is available on the
ANZCA website, and applications close on Wednesday 15 October.
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