News & analysis
Latest news and analysis from the RANZCP.
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New report: Australia is waiting until children are in crisis to treat their mental healthMedia release
NSW Psychiatrists call for transparency and action after newly obtained papers reveal full scale of mental health needNewly obtained NSW Health documents suggest the full scale of mental health need in New South Wales ...
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Victoria must finish, not restart mental health reform: Psychiatrists welcome Coalition’s focus on accountabilityThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Victorian Branch has welcomed...
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Thriving Kids must be matched by improved access to specialist mental health care for children with complex needsThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has welcomed the commencement...
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NSW psychiatrists welcome continued support for mental health workforce, but many of the gaps remainThe NSW Branch of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has welcome...
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One step forward, two steps back: Psychiatrists urge WA Government to reverse children's mental health bed cutsWA psychiatrists are calling on the State Government to reverse plans to cut four inpatient mental h...
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New report confirms our mental health system still isn’t built for womenPsychiatrists say a major new national report has exposed a mental health system that continues to o...
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Psychiatrists: ED figures expose a mental health system out of beds, housing, community care and timeNew data on the pressures in Sydney's emergency departments (EDs) once again lays bare the heavy lif...
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Passing the buck on the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement no longer sustainable, psychiatrists sayAustralians living with severe mental illness have been left waiting longer for much-needed reform a...
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Does having a mental illness mean having to accept second-class healthcare?National Mental Health Report Card exposes unacceptable gaps in access to specialist mental healthca...
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Calls for transparency in implementing mental health reformThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Victorian Branch has expresse...