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Crucial investment in mental health workforce missing in today’s budgetDespite hopes for significant funding to bolster Australia’s mental health workforce, psychiatrists ...
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Funding for mental health missing in today’s budget, say Territory psychiatrists.Psychiatrists in the Territory say today’s budget does not go far enough to address the dire mental ...
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Severe workforce shortages threatening mental healthcare in VictoriaVictorian psychiatrists are alarmed to see a lack of investment in the mental health workforce in to...
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Tasmanian psychiatrists urge incoming government to put mental health first in reform agendaThe RANZCP Tasmanian Branch is urging parties to continue to invest in the state’s mental health sys...
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“Help us help you” – Psychiatrists plea to tackle shortages in open letter to MinisterOver 500 psychiatrists across the country have signed an open letter by the RANZCP to Minister Mark ...
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Apology to the survivors of Lake AliceThe RANZCP offers our deepest apology to the survivors, their whānau, and all those impacted by the ...
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9 in 10 psychiatrists say workforce shortages are risking patient care in AustraliaIn December, the RANZCP received responses from 1269 members in their nationwide survey on well-bein...
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Workforce shortages are risking patient care in the bush, 9 in 10 rural psychiatrists sayNinety-four per cent of Australia’s psychiatrists that practice in regional, rural and remote locati...
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Investment needed to turn mental health workforce plan into reality, say psychiatristsWe welcome the release of the National Mental Health Workforce Strategy and call for urgent investme...
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Psychiatrists raise alarm over new ABS findings on mental health disorders, call for more hands on deckThe RANZCP are calling for immediate action to combat Australia’s severe psychiatry workforce shorta...
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Aotearoa’s mental health system no longer fit for purpose, new study of over 500 physicians shows‘Soul destroying’: Aotearoa’s mental health system no longer fit for purpose and delivering substand...
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RANZCP calls National Party to match Labour’s focus on the health crisis ahead of October electionThe mental health system is under-delivering for New Zealanders.
