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Appeals and complaints
The RANZCP is committed to reasonable, impartial and accountable decision-making in all its functions to ensure fairness and transparency.
Disputing training and assessment decisions
The RANZCP Early Resolution process gives you the opportunity to dispute a decision made by a RANZCP education committee, prior to accessing more formal mechanisms.
Decisions covered by Early Resolution include (but aren’t limited to) assessment or training results, and outcomes of Specialist Assessment applications.
Formal Review, Reconsideration and Appeals process
The Review, Reconsideration and Appeals Policy and Procedure sets out a formal pathway to dispute College decisions.
If you are disputing a training or assessment decision, the College encourages you to seek Early Resolution first.
Complaints about discrimination, bullying and harassment
The RANZCP has a zero-tolerance policy towards discrimination, bullying and harassment.
Learn about your options, where to seek support and how to make a formal complaint to the College if you think you have experienced discrimination, bullying or harassment.
The RANZCP is committed to addressing the longstanding and unacceptable inequities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, and Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand, in health outcomes and access to culturally safe mental health care. These inequities reflect the enduring impacts of colonisation, structural disadvantage, systemic racism, and barriers to appropriate and accessible services. Addressing them is central to the College’s vision of equitable mental health care and to its responsibility as a professional and system leader.
The College will advance this commitment by strengthening and sustaining the Indigenous psychiatric workforce, embedding cultural safety across training and professional practice, and ensuring its policy, advocacy and service leadership are grounded in culturally responsive and accountable approaches. This includes increasing the representation of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori peoples across College structures, strengthening education in culturally safe care, and progressing the College’s commitments through its Reconciliation Action Plan and responsibilities in relation to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
