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Latest news and analysis from the RANZCP.
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President's Column June 2025June has been an exceptionally busy month for the mental health sector, marked by successive budgets...
Media release
Psychiatrists urge governments to act on the recommendations of a Productivity Commission reviewPsychiatrists are urging federal, state and territory governments to act on the recommendations of a...
Media release
No investment to grow the mental health workforce in today’s Queensland BudgetThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Queensland Branch says the St...
Update
Psychiatry Interest Forum (PIF) Program at Congress 2025Forty-one (41) PIF medical students and junior doctors were fully supported to attend the Congress i...
Policy
Changes to requesting PBS authority approval for stimulantsGrants & awards
New trainee-led award to recognise excellence in supervisionIt aims to celebrate Fellows or Affiliates who’ve made a lasting impact through clinical education a...
Media release
NSW Budget fails to deliver for patients seeking mental health careFifty-eight thousand people with severe and complex mental illness across New South Wales will conti...
Media release
ADHD reform welcome but more training and support for doctors needed, SA psychiatrists sayThe RANZCP SA Branch has welcomed the SA Government's recognition that more needs to be done to supp...
Update
Australian Launch of “Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health”The RANZCP was proudly represented today by Dr Michelle Atchison at the Australian launch of "Achiev...
Media release
Government data confirms severe psychiatry workforce shortagesDire shortages in psychiatry are leaving people without vital specialist mental health care, as new ...
Update
Psychiatry Supply and Demand Study released in AustraliaThe RANZCP has welcomed the Psychiatry Supply and Demand Study released today by the Federal Departm...
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WA’s mental health needs growing faster than its workforce, warn psychiatristsPsychiatrists say today’s budget doesn’t do enough for West Australians missing out on mental health...
