News & analysis

03 October 2025

IRC decision the impetus to healing a broken mental health system

Today’s Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) wage decision must lead to a renewed focus on recruiti...

03 June 2025

An Unacceptable Mental Health System

Last night’s Four Corners episode, Emergency, shone a light on the urgent need for reform of the men...

14 April 2025

Statement on NSW Health’s comments about RANZCP’s role in the ACI mental health review process

Statement in relation to comments made by NSW Health about the RANZCP involvement in the Agency for ...

21 March 2025

The NSW public psychiatric care crisis: For whom the bell tolls

The resignation of 206 of the staff-employed 270 psychiatrists in NSW is a devastating consequence o...

18 March 2025

An update on the NSW workforce crisis

Most recent update on the NSW workforce crisis.

17 March 2025

Statement on NSW Health-ASMOF IRC Arbitration

The Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) will today begin an arbitration hearing between the NSW Mi...

13 March 2025

An update on the College’s workforce advocacy

07 February 2025

Psychiatrists welcome federal funding injection for public hospitals, and urge all governments to invest in workforce

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has welcomed the Federal Gove...

23 January 2025

Updated training requirements for NSW registrars affected by staffing disruptions

The College continues to support trainees affected by the resignations of psychiatrists across NSW.

10 January 2025

Update on New South Wales workforce issues

More than 200 individual senior NSW psychiatrists have resigned, citing patient safety concerns.

20 December 2024

RANZCP update on NSW workforce issues

The RANZCP has been increasingly concerned about the significant gaps in the workforce across New So...

28 November 2024

New South Wales workforce crisis

RANZCP's core messaging around the New South Wales workforce crises covers the impact this workforce...