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Member Wellbeing Action Plan 2023-2027
The RANZCP Member Wellbeing Action Plan (the Plan) provides a roadmap of 26 actions over five years, towards bettering and supporting the wellbeing of all psychiatrists and those in training.
The Plan is anchored to our four wellbeing strategic pillars, and was developed by the Membership Engagement Committee (MEC) and its Member Wellbeing Subcommittee (MWSC), which continues to provide leadership and direction to the College’s wellbeing initiatives.
As of July 2025, the status of the Plan is as follows:
| Completed | 3 |
| Completed & ongoing | 6 |
| In progress | 17 |
| Not started | 0 |
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Updates to the Action Plan – November 2025
Entering the third year of the Plan, the RANZCP Member Wellbeing Subcommittee reviewed several of the long-term actions to ensure they continue to align with our members' evolving needs. The following changes were made to six actions from the Plan:
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| Near term (2 - 3 years) | Undertake work to address stigma experienced by psychiatrists and trainees with a lived experience of mental illness. | Undertake work to promote a culture that actively supports and values psychiatrists and trainees with a lived experience of mental illness and recognises their contributions to the profession. |
| Near term (2 - 3 years) | Develop guidance and information for employers, health services and members on effective measures to support the psychological safety of the psychiatric workforce, and that promote wellbeing and work-life balance. | Aggregateexisting guidance and information, and promote access to these resources, for employers, health services and RANZCP members on effective measures that support the psychological safety of the psychiatric workforce and promote wellbeing and work-life integration. |
| Near term (2 - 3 years) | Continue to advocate strongly at state, territory and national levels to increase the psychiatric workforce and improve models of care in diverse settings. | Advocate strongly at state, territory, and national levels for the recognition and support of psychiatrists’ critical roles in mental health services. This includes:
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| Near term (2-3 years and extended term (up to 5 years and beyond) | Advocate to governments and health services to ensure safe health practices at work. Encourage the availability of work arrangements that reflect the changing needs of the workforce. Work with governments, policy-makers and representative groups to advocate for the remodelling of unsustainable and unsafe working hours and actively managing fatigue as a key pillar of doctor wellbeing. | Advocate to and collaborate with all levels of governments, policymakers, health services and representative groups for systemic reforms that improves the safety, sustainability and flexibility of the profession. This includes:
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