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Filter All topics Addiction Asylum seekers and refugees Carers Children, adolescents and young people Consumers E-health and telehealth Ethics Family violence Forensic Health system Health workforce Indigenous mental health Infant and perinatal Insurance Intellectual and development disabilities LGBTIQ+ mental health Medico-legal National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Older people Physical health Prevention and early intervention Private practice management and support Psychiatric conditions Psychiatric treatments Quality and safety Recovery Remote Social determinants of mental health Suicide prevention and self-harm Veteran and military Filter All jurisdictions Australia wide ACT New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia New Zealand Search for: Designing better mental health units will enable recovery – NZ National Office submission to the Ministry of Health, August 2020 Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme market in Queensland – QLD Branch submission to the Productivity Commission, August 2019 Inquiry into Palliative Care in Western Australia – WA Branch submission to the Joint Select Committee on Palliative Care in WA, July 2020 Policy for the Legal Prescribing of Schedule 8 Psychostimulants to Adults and Children in Tasmania – TAS Branch submission to the Tasmanian Department of Health, July 2020 Inquiry into the Queensland Government's health response to COVID-19 – QLD Branch submission to the Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee, June 2020 Prohibition of conversion therapy – RANZCP submission to the Australian Government, June 2020 Real time prescription monitoring project – SA Branch submission to the Drugs of Dependence Unit, April 2020 Draft Standards for health services in Australian prisons (2nd edition) – RANZCP submission to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, July 2020 Monitoring the family violence reforms – VIC Branch submission to the Family Violence Implementation Reform Monitor, July 2020 Migration amendment (prohibiting items in immigration detention facilities) bill 2020 – RANZCP submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, June 2020 COVID-19 and Telehealth for pure mental harm ISV medical assessments – SA Branch submission to the MAIAS administrator, April 2020 Draft aged care visitor access code – SA Branch submission to the COTA Australia, May 2020 Review of the age of criminal responsibility – RANZCP submission to the Council of Attorney General, February 2020 Adult mental health centres – RANZCP submission to the Department of Health (Australian Government), July 2020 Inquiry into the Victorian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic – VIC Branch submission to the Parliament of Victoria, July 2020 Council of Attorneys-General – Age of Criminal Responsibility Working Group review – RANZCP submission to the Department of Justice, February 2020 RANZCP Northern Territory Election Advocacy Campaign, July 2020 Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Bill 2020 – TAS Branch submission to the Department of Justice, May 2020 Inquiry into the Australian Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic – RANZCP submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19, May 2020 Inquiry into Homelessness in Australia – RANZCP submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs’ Inquiry into Homelessness in Australia, June 2020 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... >| In this section Latest news Media centre COVID-19 information hub Practice support during COVID-19 COVID-19 library Advocacy during COVID-19 Psyche newsletter Policy and advocacy library Position statements Submissions Reports Medicine alerts