Policy & Advocacy

The purpose of the Policy and Advocacy Unit is to enable the College to influence policy development in Australia and New Zealand. The Unit provides the College with an avenue to be engaged in the broad health policy debate and has contributed to an understanding within the College of a range of health policy issues and an understanding in Government of the views and concerns of Fellows and trainees.

Our aim is to enable the College to influence policy development in Australia and New Zealand. This will ensure the interests of Fellows and trainees are promoted in health policy, the health systems of both countries are improved, and the health outcomes for consumers are improved.

The Policy and Advocacy Unit can be contacted at policy@racp.edu.au.

Please use the following links for further information on our areas of work and click on the buttons on the side to view our latest policies and submissions.

Indigenous Health	Rural Health
Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease	E-Health
Quality	Ethics
Health Systems Reform	Medico-Legal
Health Workforce	Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Paediatrics and Child Health	Rehabilitation Medicine
Public Health and Social Policy	College Submissions
Therapeutics	Useful Links

Information about the College's Public Policy Training Course can be found here. See also the Principles of RACP Policy and Advocacy Handbook.

The Policy and Advocacy Unit publishes a quarterly report Mediscussion to reflect on current issues in health policy and communicate highlights and achievements in College policy and advocacy.

Summer 2011 edition