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All recent submissions are listed below. 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: Revised National Medicines Policy Review/RANZCP Submission to Department of Health/September 2022. ACT 4 and 5 of 2021 - Application for review of authorisation of Honeysuckle Health Pty Ltd and nib Health Funds Ltd buying group/RANZCP Submission to The Honourable Justice O’Bryan, Deputy President, Australian Competition Tribunal/July 2022. A whole of system approach to reforming private healthcare/ RANZCP Submission to Australian Medical Association/ September 2022. Inquiry into the impact of ambulance ramping and access block on the operation of hospital emergency departments in New South Wales/RANZCP NSW branch submission to NSW Health/September 2022. Care Leave Inquiry/RANZCP Submission to Australian Productivity Commission, August 2022. Public Consultation on Working for Families Tax Credits/ RANZCP NZ Submission to Ministry of Social Development/June 2022. Transforming our Mental Health Law, RANZCP NZ Submission to Ministry of Health, January 2022. Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill/ RANZCP NZ Submission to Tangi Utikere Chair of Health Committee/August 2022. Self-identification process to recognise gender on birth certificates/RANZCP NZ Submission to Department of Internal Affairs/ July 2022. Proposed classification of etizolam as a Class C5 controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975/RANZCP NZ Submission to Ms Tanya Jones, Ministry of Health/August 2022. Pae Ora (Health Futures) Bill/RANZCP NZ Submission to New Zealand Parliament/December 2021. The Mental Health and Addiction System and Service Framework/RANZCP NZ Submission to Ministry of Health/May 2022. Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, RANZCP VIC Branch Submission to state government's Ministerial Advisory Panel, April 2017. Aged Care Amendment Bill 2022 Inquiry, RANZCP submission to the Community Affairs Committee, August 2022 Minister response to letter about medical privacy and the NSW PIC, Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government reply to RANZCP NSW Branch, July 2022. NSW RANZCP and RACS letter to Ministers about medical privacy and the NSW PIC, RANZCP NSW Branch Submission to state government, June 2022. Prohibiting strip searches of children, NSW Branch submission to NSW state government, June 2022. Draft National Safety And Quality Health Service Standards User Guide For Acute And Community Mental Health Services, RANZCP Submission to The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, November 2021. Review of Operationalisation of Section 92 – Health Insurance Act 1973, RANZCP Submission to Australian Department of Health, December 2021. Draft Model of Care for Phase 1 of Youth Treatment Orders, RANZCP SA Branch Submission to Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia, December 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 President's update Policy and advocacy library Position statements Submissions Reports