Professional regulatory bodies
Every doctor, dentist, pharmacist, nurse, allied health professional, psychologist and social worker in Namibia must be registered with the Health Professions Council of Namibia through one of its five boards. Use their e-registers to check a practitioner, or contact them to lodge a complaint.
The Health Professions Council of Namibia registers and regulates health professionals through five professional boards, keeps public e-registers of registered practitioners, and investigates complaints from the public about a practitioner's conduct.
Each board registers its professions and keeps its own e-register.
Registers: Medical practitioners, Dental practitioners.
Registers: Pharmacy professionals, Pharmacy businesses (community, hospital and wholesale pharmacies).
Registers: Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Speech therapists, Medical laboratory technologists, Radiographers, Dietitians, Prosthetists and orthotists, Other allied health professions.
Registers: Nurses.
Registers: Social workers, Psychologists.
Private hospitals and health facilities in Namibia are governed by the Hospitals and Health Facilities Act, 1994 (Act 36 of 1994), administered by the Ministry of Health and Social Services. Practitioners working in them are registered separately with the HPCNA boards.
More about facility oversightNam Medical Pages is not part of the HPCNA or the Ministry. A listing on Nam Medical Pages does not mean a practitioner’s registration has been checked. Information from the bodies’ official websites, checked 28 October 2026.
