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All you need to know about RACP CPD audits

Date published
31 Mar 2026
Description
Find out what to expect if you're selected for the RACP CPD audit and how to prepare.

Tags: CPD | featured

RACP Fellows honoured for outstanding contributions to medicine

Date published
27 Mar 2026
Description
Congratulations to the 15 RACP Fellows recognised in the 2026 Australia Day and Aotearoa New Zealand New Year honour lists. These awards highlight the outstanding work RACP members do and the importance of that work in local, national and international communities.

Tags: featured | australia | Aotearoa New Zealand

Health provider compliance priorities

Date published
27 Mar 2026
Description
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing is responsible for ensuring compliant health provider claiming for Australian Government health program payments. Its compliance priorities reflect its commitment to act to protect Medicare integrity. Please read the 2026 focus areas including telehealth, care and management plans, claiming MBS services while overseas, open and uncertified PBS claims and inappropriate claiming of PBS medicines.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | Telehealth | Australian government | featured

Do I still need CPD if I don’t see patients?

Date published
24 Mar 2026
Description
Not seeing patients? CPD still applies. If you use medical expertise, you are practising and much of your existing work may already meet requirements. Read more.

Tags: CPD | australia | Aotearoa New Zealand | Feature | featured

Physician associates in Aotearoa New Zealand: advocating for your profession

Date published
23 Mar 2026
Description
When the Aotearoa New Zealand Government moved to regulate physician associates last year, we acted quickly. Our message was clear, introducing a new, unproven role is not the solution to a healthcare system already under pressure. Instead, the priority should be investing in and growing the existing, highly trained and regulated workforce you’re part of.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | featured | Aotearoa New Zealand

Webinar Series – Thriving in Medicine: Practical Wellbeing Strategies

Date published
19 Mar 2026
Description
What does it take to sustain a thriving career in medicine? Join us for the first webinar in our 2026 Wellbeing Advocates series on Thursday, 9 April 2026 from 4pm to 5pm (AEST) to explore practical strategies for resilience, wellbeing and sustainable performance.

Tags: Wellbeing | webinar | featured

New patient end support MBS items to support multidisciplinary care

Date published
12 Mar 2026
Description
From 1 March, 32 new Medicare Patient End Support (PES) items allow GPs, nurse practitioners (NPs) and other prescribed medical practitioners (PMPs) to claim for being physically present with your patient during video consultations.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | featured

National snapshot of antimicrobial resistance and use released

Date published
06 Mar 2026
Description
The Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) released the Sixth Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in human health (AURA report). It is the first AURA report authored by the CDC and draws together national data from hospitals, residential aged care and the wider community between 2022 and 2024. The AURA report shows Australia supplied 23.2 million antibiotic prescriptions under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in 2024, a 4.8 per cent increase on the previous year – while reports of critical antibiotic resistance rose by 25.2 per cent over the same period.

Tags: featured | Policy and advocacy

The missed window: early diagnosis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Date published
03 Mar 2026
Description
Kids with arthritis can't wait. They should be heard, seen and diagnosed early. Anything less risks lifelong pain and disability. Juvenile arthritis, correctly termed Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a painful autoimmune disease affecting the joints and sometimes the eyes, skin, muscles and internal organs. If not detected and treated early, it can result in chronic pain and permanent disability from joint damage and/or loss of vision.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | featured

Regional, Rural, and Remote Physician Special Interest Group

Date published
09 Feb 2026
Description
Expressions of interest are open for members wising to shape the College’s work on regional, rural, and remote healthcare. The Regional, Rural, and Remote Physician Special Interest Group is now open for expressions of interest from all RACP members.

Tags: featured

2025 Medical Training Survey results dashboard now available

Date published
06 Feb 2026
Description
Results from the 2025 Medical Training Survey (MTS) are now live on the MTS interactive dashboard. Explore and compare results and topics local to specific training settings or regions.

Tags: featured

New insights into Medical Training Across Aotearoa New Zealand

Date published
04 Feb 2026
Description
The results of the Torohia Medical Training Survey for New Zealand are now available. Launched for the first time in 2025 by the Medical Council of New Zealand, the Torohia offers a new lens into the training journey of RACP trainees in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Tags: Aotearoa New Zealand | featured

Set your 2026 CPD up right

Date published
13 Jan 2026
Description
Start your 2026 CPD year strong by completing your Professional Development Plan (PDP early. A PDP is a mandatory requirement that sets your learning goals, aligns activities, and ensures compliance with CPD standards.

Tags: CPD | featured

RACP shapes Ahpra’s approach to late-career doctors

Date published
19 Dec 2025
Description
The RACP consulted on the Medical Board of Australia’s proposal for mandatory health checks for late-career doctors in 2024. We cautioned against a blanket approach and put forward alternatives that balance patient safety with physician wellbeing.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | featured

Supporting children and young people

Date published
18 Dec 2025
Description
Children and young people may respond to traumatic events differently to adults. They may ask repeated or detailed questions, become more clingy, withdrawn, or irritable or show changes in sleep, appetite, or behaviour.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | paediatricians | Paediatrics | mental health | Wellbeing | featured

2025 Medical Training Survey results now available

Date published
10 Dec 2025
Description
Fresh insights into medical training across Australia: Survey results now available.

Tags: featured

2025 SPDP Facilitators Recognition

Date published
04 Dec 2025
Description
On behalf of the SPDP team, we would like to thank all of our volunteer Fellows who have facilitated the SPDP workshops this year virtually, face-to-face and online.

Tags: featured

Renewing your registration with Ahpra – navigating CPD declarations in the new portal

Date published
22 Sep 2025
Description
Ahpra has launched its new practitioner portal. See how your registration renewal is changing.

Tags: CPD | featured

2025 New Fellow Survey results are now available

Date published
19 Sep 2025
Description
The results from this survey, together with other internal and external feedback, continue to shape new College initiatives.

Tags: featured

A win for physicians and patients: MBS telephone items restored

Date published
10 Sep 2025
Description
MBS physician telephone items are being restored thanks to your voices and our sustained advocacy. As of 1 November 2025, you will have greater flexibility in the use of telephone consultations and your patients will have improved and more equitable access to the services they rely on.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | featured

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