Tag: complaints

How to Report a Cosmetic Clinic to AHPRA: 81% Close in 6 Months

Vikas Thakur / Sep 5, 2026 / 10 min read

AHPRA closed 81.1% of the 13,327 notifications it received nationally in 2024/25 within six months, and just 1.4% of closed cases ended in deregistration. Here is exactly how the complaint process works, and why AHPRA regulates practitioners, not clinics.

Cosmetic Surgery Hotline: 514 Calls in a Year Revealed

Vikas Thakur / Jul 9, 2026 / 8 min read

AHPRA's Cosmetic Surgery Hotline received 514 calls in the 2023-24 financial year, on top of 315 in its first partial year. Here is what the hotline has closed, who it has caught, and what it means for clinic advertising.