News & analysis
Latest news and analysis from the RANZCP.
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QLD psychiatrists seek greater transparency on how $1 billion mental health levy is being spentThe RANZCP Queensland Branch is calling on the state government to strengthen transparency and accou...
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RANZCP launches youth psychiatry training as AIHW data shows youth are biggest users of servicesAustralia's peak psychiatry body is launching a new subspecialty in youth psychiatry, as government ...
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Federal Budget delivers important mental health investments, but major reform still neededFederal Budget delivers important mental health investments, but major reform still needed
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WA psychiatrists welcome biggest health budget but warn workforce crisis cannot waitWestern Australian psychiatrists have welcomed a suite of mental health measures in the State Budget...
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Psychiatrists warn NT Budget ignores Territory's mental health emergencyPsychiatrists are concerned about the NT Government resourcing ineffective punitive law and justice ...
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RANZCP launches bold strategy to strengthen psychiatry and transform specialist mental health careThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has today launched its Strate...
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Closing the Gap suicide data highlights urgent need for investment in First Nations mental healthThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is warning the latest Closing the Gap ...
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Mental health crisis demands urgent action as voters highlight access gapAustralians are sending a clear message ahead of the Federal Budget: access to mental health care is...
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Budget action needed to tackle Australia’s mental health crisisPsychiatrists on the front lines of Australia’s mental health system have called for smart, targeted...
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RANZCP welcomes DVA's stronger safeguards on medicinal cannabis prescribing for veteransPsychiatrists have welcomed the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ updated Medicinal Cannabis Framewor...
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SA psychiatrists call on next government to establish landmark neurodiversity Centre of ExcellenceThe RANZCP SA Branch welcomes the growing cross-college support for establishing a South Australian ...
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"Criminalising homelessness and disadvantage" new move-on orders will harm vulnerable New ZealandersPsychiatrists in Aotearoa New Zealand have raised serious concerns about new move-on orders which gr...